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May 10, 2012

this represents that she has no friends and will be forever alone.-danny literary luminary

The example i chose is when melinda is walking down the hallway and keeps refering to something or someone she is seeing as "IT". I found this in the last paragraph on page 45. This could be referring to something that happened at the party that everyone ignores her for calling the cops at. plan for discussion: What do you think "IT" is? -Chris Ruscin andy he raped her-danny baginski

Discussion Director

Why do you think that heather wears her gym clothes under her clothing? Do you think the Principal is a mean person? What would you do if you were Melinda, to help your school year be better? ~Kelsey H i think she is insecure and doesnt want people seeing that hot body of hers- danny baginski Summarizer

A girl named Melinda is just starting highschool with barely any friends. She used to have friends but something huge happend that made them all hate her. There are a lot of groups/clans to join but she just wants to be by herself. There is also another new girl from ohio named heather. They are completely different people. So far Malida is having a very hard time fitting into highschool. -Justin Lozinak

i think heather wears her gym clothes under her clothing because maybe shes self concious and doesnt want to change in front of people, i dont think the principal is a mean person, if i were melinda i would try to forget the past and just enjoy my life

what does melindas turkey sculpture represent?

May 17, 2012

I think her turkey sculpture represents how she feels inside. Maybe it means she feels stripped of her pride, dignity..etc. Or maybe it means no one is looking at her for who she is and instead for what she did in the past. This book has a lot of emotion put into it. Imagine how you might feel in Melindas place..what would might influence you to make the turkey sculpture?- Bailey Rudd

i think the influence for the turkey sculpture is the fact that maybe she feels trapped in her own body having all the things she wants to say but not being able to find the words

Summarizer The summery about the book speak right now about Melinda is that she doesnt have any friends. Heather ditches her, tells her that she doesnt want to be friends with her agian, she said she was sorry, gave back the friendship neckless back that Melinda gave her for christmas. Also Heather wrote Melinda a note. Melinda's grades have been dropping, she has been depressed, she gotten in trouble in school, she is alone wonce agian, got offered a spot on the basketball team, coach offeres to help her wit her grades Now 'it" is know as roger the boy who raped her at the party she has gone to. And then she called the cops and didnt talk at all. -kelsy herbert
 * pg. 49 paragraph 3: **
 * they herd us into an assembly that is supposed to be a "democratic forum" to come up with a new school mascot. i think she said this with sarcasm. **
 * pg. 52 paragraph**
 * just in case we forget that "weareheretogetagoodfountationsowecangotocollegeliveuptoourpotentialgoodjoblivehappilyeverafterandgotodisneyworld..." we have a job day.**
 * pg. 100 paragraph 3**
 * its all about symbolism, says hairwomen. every word chosen by nathaniel, every comma, every paragraph break these were all done on purpose. to get a decent grade in her class, we have to figure out what he was really trying to say. why couldnt he just say what he meant? would they pin scarlet letters on his chest? B for blunt, s for straightforward?-danny baginski**


 * May 22, 2012 **
 * In the section of the book on page 123, Hall of Mirrors, when she looks in the mirrors and describes herself as a piscasso sketch, my body slicing into dicestiong cubes. Melinda continues to describe herself in the mirror and asks herself what it would feel like to walk in new skin. What do you think? **

=why do you think andy raped her?=
 * May 24, 2012 **

Do you think andy will get arrested?

~danny baginski

Andy raped her beacuase he was drunk and he didnt know what he was dong. but thren i agian he put is hand over her mouth. i think he will get arrested for doing that. yet she hasnt told anyone about it. -kelsey herbert

May 31, 2012

the summary of the book is about a girl named melinda that got raped and went to a party and called the cops and lost all her friends and feels as if everyone hates her so through out the year she meets heather and at the end everyone finds out andy raped her- danny baginski