Word Wizard- Post #2

Gabrielle Rosado

"And later, Cameron with her braces on, sneaking looks in the mirror when she thinks no one is watching--at eleven, twelve, and then thirteen, and the braces pliered off, her teeth, cleaned, her lips spreading across her face to grin every time she could think to." pg 18

pliered- to peel off or plied off.

This word wasn't in the dictionary, but I used context clues to assume what it meant. This passage is talking about how her sister, real name Cameron, was before they had to move. Throughout the book there are little excerpts that flash black to way her life used to be, before coming Evie. Her sister growing up always had braces and she would always look at them in the mirror. Once she got them off, she would then whisper to herself every night " I am beautiful".