Because You Are Special

By Joyce P. Yatsook

Twelve-year-old Nancy has been teased all through grade school because of a foot deformity. In her book, Because You Are Special, author Joyce P. Yatsook tells how Nancy handles the situation. Nancy discovers she is not the only person in her school who is being taunted. She also learns that people make fun of other people for a variety of reasons. Most important, after her brother, Danny, has an experience in the woods, Nancy comes to understand why some people tease others.

Because You Are Special deals with a serious subject faced by many peopleteasing. You might think you know why someone teases others, but as you will learn in Because You Are Special, it might not be the reason you think.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Apr 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781491793909

Joyce P. Yatsook

Joyce P. Yatsook earned an associate’s degree in accounting. She worked as a bookkeeper and accountant for thirty years. She also became a licensed massage therapist and studied and then taught Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan until 2013. She has three adult sons and a daughter and enjoys vegetable gardening.

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ISBN: 978-1-4917-9389-3 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4917-9390-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016905980

iUniverse rev. date: 05/09/2016

Contents

Because You Are Special

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Preface

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

About the Author

Because You Are Special

This is a story about a young girl who is teased in school because of a deformity she was born with.

Through an experience her brother has in some woods behind their house, she is able to understand people and why they behave the way they do. This eases her pain.

As time goes on and through surgery, she is almost completely normal, and seeing the reaction of others is satisfying, and almost humorous.

A lot of young people are teased, a lot of young people tease. This story helps the reader to understand why people tease and that helps them in many ways to get through this time period.

Dedication

This wonderful story about a young girl holds within it a beautiful message about accepting others through deeper understanding. Nancy was born with a Deformed foot and became the brunt of much teasing in her early school years. Though she was deeply hurt by the way others treated her she came to understand there was a reason why people were mean and hurtful and actually had compassion for them.

As young children in our formative years we treat other people the way we are treated, especially in our family environment. In this book Joyce Yatsook has presented a great truth that all people are special. We may look different, speak different, and act differently but every person is perfect just the