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A Complete Mix of Controversy: Violence, Sex, and Religion

At the  center of Burned by Ellen Hopkins is a young Mormon girl, Pattyn Scarlet Von Stratten, who is struggling with her identity and her faith. Pattyn is starting to have feelings and dreams about boys, which is forbidden in her church. After she is caught in a compromising situation with a boy, her parents [...]
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