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Oct 1, 2023

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A reassuring journey through a child’s worries and insecurities about being different. When Kai is bullied for being too tall and having a unique scar under his eye, he begins to wish he was the same as everybody else. Can Kai learn that the things that make him different are the things that make him special, and let his own light shine through?
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