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five feet apart chapter 1

I ordered the book called "five feet apart"  written by Rachael Lippincott about a month ago, which was supposed to arrive soon.  since the book was taking too long to arrive I decided to buy the book on iBooks on my phone.

The story starts out with the character "Stella Grant" decorating her room with drawings made by her older sister, Abby. This book is written in the first person and Stella talks about how every single drawing has a message that her sister put in towards the sickness she has. Cystic fibrosis (CS). CS  is a genetic disorder that affects mostly the lungs, but also the pancreas, liver, kidneys, and intestine. Long-term issues include difficulty breathing and coughing up mucus as a result of frequent lung infections. At the beginning of the story, Stella's friends, Camila and Mya visited her before going on a school trip to Cabo that Stella would be missing due to the deterioration of her lungs. The first chapter talks about Stella's struggle and the fact that she has a Youtube channel going on for a long time. She says she has been making Youtube videos for about half the time to raise awareness about cystic fibrosis. The first chapter introduces a lot of new characters. Stellas, sister, mom, and dad ( divorced six months ago), Poe, a friend of hers for a decade who also has CF and are best friends. Julie, who checks up on her and Barb, whos been the respiratory therapist since Stella first came to the hospital. At the end of the chapter, it finished with Stella discovering a new character.

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