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* CatharticScream: Frankie sometimes deals with stress by going to the beach and screaming into the wind.
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* DontLookAtMe: Frankie screams in frustration. A family walking by stares at her. Frankie yells, "Don't look at me!" The family quickly scurries past.
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* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: Attempted. [[spoiler:Colette is found days after a bike accident and ends up in the hospital with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 5, meaning she's probably doomed. Her mother brings Tess and Frankie in to talk to her to see if hearing their voices helps, but Colette dies anyway.]]
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* ForgetsToEat: Frankie's mom sometimes has to remind her to eat, even though she's annoyed by it.
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* ForgetsToEat: Frankie's mom sometimes has to remind her to eat, even though eat so she doesn't get hangry. Frankie understands why, but she's still annoyed by it.
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* ForgetsToEat: Frankie's mom sometimes has to remind her to eat, even though she's annoyed by it.
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* GoToYourRoom: Frankie's mom orders her to her room for yelling at a police officer. Instead she goes outside and screams.
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* TheNicknamer: Kai calls Frankie things like Frankenstein and Frank and Beans. Frankie pretends to be annoyed, even though she actually likes the names.
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* CharacterTics: Frankie flaps her hands when she's stressed. Tess constantly bites her nails so there's no white part.
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* CharacterTics: Frankie flaps her hands when she's stressed. Tess constantly bites her nails so there's no white part.area, and used to have a habit of ripping up things like napkins and movie tickets.
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* WorkingOutTheirEmotions: On the advice of an occupational therapist, Frankie runs to get her mind off SensoryOverload.
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* ClockDiscrepancy: Frankie and Tess both remember Colette visiting them at exactly 6:45 on the night of her disappearance and staying for several minutes. Both sisters are very confident about the time, even though Colette couldn't have been two places at once. [[spoiler:Tess later realizes that she forgot to reset her clock for daylight savings time, meaning Colette actually visited her at 7:45.]]
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* ClockDiscrepancy: Frankie and The night Colette visited Frankie, she also visited Tess both and asked for a scarf. Both sisters remember Colette visiting them her showing up at exactly 6:45 on the night of her disappearance and staying for several minutes. Both sisters are very confident about the time, minutes, even though Colette she couldn't have been two places at once. [[spoiler:Tess later realizes that she forgot to reset her clock for daylight savings time, meaning Colette actually visited her at 7:45.]]
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* FirstFriend: Colette and Frankie met in kindergarten when they were hiding under a table during an EF3 tornado that just barely missed the school. They hugged each other in fear, despite Frankie's usual aversion to physical contact, and Colette said, "If we don't die, let's be friends."
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* FirstFriend: Colette and Frankie met in kindergarten when they were hiding under a table during an EF3 [=EF3=] tornado that just barely missed the school. They hugged each other in fear, despite Frankie's usual aversion to physical contact, and Colette said, "If we don't die, let's be friends."
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* FirstFriend: Colette and Frankie met in kindergarten when they were hiding under a table during an EF3 tornado that just barely missed the school. They hugged each other in fear, despite Frankie's usual aversion to physical contact, and Colette said, "If we don't die, let's be friends."
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* IWantMyMommy: During the tornado in kindergarten, Colette sucked her thumb and said, "I want my mommy."
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* ClockDiscrepancy: Frankie and Tess both remember Colette visiting them at exactly 6:45 on the night of her disappearance and staying for several minutes. Both sisters are very confident about the time, even though Colette couldn't have been two places at once. [[spoiler:Tess later realizes that she forgot to reset her clock for daylight savings time, meaning Colette actually visited her at 7:45.]]
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* YourMakeupIsRunning: Tess's friend Mia comes over because she's upset about someone drawing on one of her flyers. Frankie sees her with mascara under her eyes, and wonders why she'd bother to put on makeup if she's just going to cry it off anyway.
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* CharacterTics: Frankie flaps her hands when she's stressed. Tess constantly bites her nails so there's no white part.
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* FirstPeriodPanic: Frankie realizes she's gotten hers when she notices she's left a red stain on a motorcycle at the arcade. Dismayed, she hides in the bathroom and texts Tess, who has already gotten her period, to bring her a sweatshirt to wrap around her waist so she can go home.
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* PosterGalleryBedroom: Tess's room is covered in inspirational posters and her own drawings. Frankie's is covered in pictures of tornados.
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* {{Dedication}}: "For the remarkable Adiline M. What a force of nature you are."
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* PortmanteauCoupleName: Before her disappearance, Colette was dating Bryce. Other kids called them "Brolette," even though they barely interacted before they started dating.
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Thirteen-year-old Frankie Harper is a tornado buff with Asperger's and ADHD. She lives with her mother, her twin sister Tess, and her mother's boyfriend Charles in an inn. She and Tess used to be best friends with Colette, but they had a falling out two months ago, and now Frankie is alone. But one night a few weeks before the end of seventh grade, Colette visits Frankie, asking to borrow their childhood notebook. Frankie refuses; the next day, Colette goes missing. Frankie enlists Tess to help solve the mystery of Colette's disappearance.
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Thirteen-year-old Frankie Harper is a tornado buff with Asperger's and ADHD. She lives with her mother, her twin sister Tess, and her mother's boyfriend Charles in an inn. inn in Long Beach. She and Tess used to be best friends with their classmate Colette, but they had a falling out two months ago, and now Frankie is alone. friendless. But one night a few weeks before the end of seventh grade, Colette visits Frankie, asking to borrow their childhood notebook.notebook from elementary school. Frankie refuses; the next day, Colette goes missing. Frankie enlists Tess to help solve the mystery of Colette's disappearance.
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Thirteen-year-old Frankie Harper has Asperger's and ADHD. She lives with her mother, her twin sister Tess, and her mother's boyfriend Charles in an inn. She and Tess used to be best friends with Colette, but they had a falling out two months ago, and now Frankie is alone. But one night a few weeks before the end of seventh grade, Colette visits Frankie, asking to borrow their childhood notebook. Frankie refuses; the next day, Colette goes missing. Frankie enlists Tess to help solve the mystery of Colette's disappearance.
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Thirteen-year-old Frankie Harper has is a tornado buff with Asperger's and ADHD. She lives with her mother, her twin sister Tess, and her mother's boyfriend Charles in an inn. She and Tess used to be best friends with Colette, but they had a falling out two months ago, and now Frankie is alone. But one night a few weeks before the end of seventh grade, Colette visits Frankie, asking to borrow their childhood notebook. Frankie refuses; the next day, Colette goes missing. Frankie enlists Tess to help solve the mystery of Colette's disappearance.
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''Tornado Brain'' is a 2020 middle-grade novel by Cat Patrick.
Thirteen-year-old Frankie Harper has Asperger's and ADHD. She lives with her mother, her twin sister Tess, and her mother's boyfriend Charles in an inn. She and Tess used to be best friends with Colette, but they had a falling out two months ago, and now Frankie is alone. But one night a few weeks before the end of seventh grade, Colette visits Frankie, asking to borrow their childhood notebook. Frankie refuses; the next day, Colette goes missing. Frankie enlists Tess to help solve the mystery of Colette's disappearance.
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!!''Tornado Brain'' contains examples of:
* FullNameUltimatum: When Frankie shouts at her mom for sitting on her bed, her mom gasps, "Frances Vivienne Harper!"
* NoMedicationForMe: Frankie spent years on various medications with a wide variety of unpleasant side effects. Now her mom says she can stay off medication if she can control her temper without it, so she works hard to stay calm.
* PortmanteauCoupleName: Before her disappearance, Colette was dating Bryce. Other kids called them "Brolette," even though they barely interacted before they started dating.
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Thirteen-year-old Frankie Harper has Asperger's and ADHD. She lives with her mother, her twin sister Tess, and her mother's boyfriend Charles in an inn. She and Tess used to be best friends with Colette, but they had a falling out two months ago, and now Frankie is alone. But one night a few weeks before the end of seventh grade, Colette visits Frankie, asking to borrow their childhood notebook. Frankie refuses; the next day, Colette goes missing. Frankie enlists Tess to help solve the mystery of Colette's disappearance.
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!!''Tornado Brain'' contains examples of:
* FullNameUltimatum: When Frankie shouts at her mom for sitting on her bed, her mom gasps, "Frances Vivienne Harper!"
* NoMedicationForMe: Frankie spent years on various medications with a wide variety of unpleasant side effects. Now her mom says she can stay off medication if she can control her temper without it, so she works hard to stay calm.
* PortmanteauCoupleName: Before her disappearance, Colette was dating Bryce. Other kids called them "Brolette," even though they barely interacted before they started dating.
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