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Aza Holmes is a 16-year-old high school student living in Indianapolis who struggles with OCD, often manifest as a fear of the human microbiome. Constantly worried about infection, particularly by C. diff, she repeatedly opens a never-fully-healed callus on her finger in an effort to drain out what she believes are pathogens. Throughout the book, Aza has two close friends: Mychal Turner, an aspiring artist, and her best friend Daisy Ramirez, who writes Star Wars fan-fiction.
Turtles All the Way Down (novel)