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STORIES | ESSAYS: Spirit Rising

"Life was perfect until I was 11," says Spirit who is 13 years old and attends Hermann Middle School in Hermann, Missouri, population 2,674. She lives with her mother, Cindy, her grandfather, Jim, and her older brother Lou, 27.
"Life was perfect until I was 11," says Spirit who is 13 years old and attends Hermann Middle School in Hermann, Missouri, population 2,674. She lives with her mother, Cindy, her grandfather, Jim, and her older brother Lou, 27.