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Lionel's Left Behind

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I really enjoyed this book “Left Behind”. I could relate to the character Lionel because his life is just about how my life is. Lionel has a sister named Judd and there parents are going through a divorce. Lionel is stuck between choosing to live with his mom or his dad. I can relate to this because in my on life my parents are now going through a divorce and I have been stuck between living with my mom or dad. Lionel sister has chosen to live with here mom but Lionel can't decide because he likes his parents equally and he feels if he picks to live with one parent the other parent will feel down. This relates to me because I don't want my parents feeling down because I chose to live with my other parent. It comes the day for Lionel to finally
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