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Until the terrible events in 1999, Columbine High School was just an ordinary school like any other.

For months after the violence, Marjorie had stomachaches and nightmares. She got sick with fevers again and again. Eventually, a month into her senior year, she dropped out of school. Sitting in a classroom was something she could no longer handle. She earned her GED (a set of tests that show you have learned as much as you would have if you had a high school diploma), but then she faced the same difficulties when she tried to attend college: classrooms had become terrifying places for her. Her life had veered off track in a way she could never have known would happen— and she had no idea how to get it back on course. “I didn’t even deal with it for years,” Marjorie told a reporter. “It just wasn’t spoken about.” Her mother, a professional counselor, suggested that Marjorie start keeping a journal to help her confront her emotions and thoughts. That journal turned into a book: A Columbine Survivor’s Story.

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