Knots In My Yoyo String Book Report

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A fracture in my life
The autobiography “knots in my yo-yo string” is a autobiography about Jerry Spiaelli whos perfect until he found a knot in his yoyo string. A yoyo string is like life, and a knot is like a problem, everyone gets a knot in there yo-yo every once in a while.
“My life was going great. Just got moved up to the A team in volleyball and just started dance. When I was at my last game playing for the B team, I jumped to block the ball and I instantly fell onto my knees. Everyone there thought i just bruised or maybe scraped them, up out of nowhere pain shot through my foot and it started to burn and I immediately started to tear up and almost cry. I tried to hide it but i think my parents saw it because they were trying to

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