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Reader reviewed by KeturCullen1340

Review: Terra Cooper is my idol. North of Beautiful is a story of
showing your true self to the world around you are not caring what they
think of what they see. Terra is beautiful girl with a port wine
birthmark on her face. She has tried numerous laser surgeries to
lighten the mark, but none of them work. While on her way back home
from yet another laser surgery, she almost hits Jacob, a Goth Chinese
boy with a scar from his cleft lip surgery. Jacob and his mom are down
from Seattle and are the complete, rich opposite from Terra and her Mom.
Terra and Jacob's Mom hit it off and become best friends which throw
Terra and Jacob together all the time. Terra begins to have feelings
she's never felt before for Jacob, mostly because he sees her for her
and tells her that all of her is beautiful, not just parts. She makes
him the rainbow in the rain, while dealing with her controlling Dad and
deciding what to do with a boyfriend that she's "lucky" to have. In the
end, she learns that people will always talk about you, but it's up to
you how you let it affect you. Terra got tired of letting other
people's opinion run her life. So she takes off the make-up, walks into
the sunlight, and shines like a star!

        Terra taught me lessons I already knew and made me understand
them. I have acne really badly and it rules me. People stare and ask
questions and talk but in the words of Jacob, "Let them stare."