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Say what you want about the Percy Jackson books, but know this:

Almost 8 years ago, an 11 year old sat in his reading class, struggling through a paperback copy of "The Lightning Thief" and burst into tears when he found out all the demigods had ADHD and dyslexia. Because he finally had people he could relate to, people who struggled with the same things he did. And all of a sudden, he realized he could defy expectations and BE something instead of falling flat in life like he'd been told so often as a result of his disorders.

That 11 year old was me

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