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Regain- Regain describes the book because Melinda does that in the end of the book. She gets her friends back, and she is not looked at as the person who ruined a summer party. Misunderstood- Melinda is misunderstood in why she called the cops. Throughout the whole book no one knows why she did but they do not think it is as it actually was. Once everyone found out why she did it they did not treat her badly. Trees- Trees were how Melinda could express herself. She did not admit what happened to her until the end but she slowly realized it as her art looked sad and dead, her feelings inside. Confrontation- To solve her problem Melinda has to face her biggest fear Any Evans. After doing this the school found out her story and felt sympathy instead of hate towards her. Betrayal- Melinda is betrayed by everyone she thought was close to her. All of her old friends left her after the party and her new friend she made ditched her when she has a chance to hang out with someone more popular. Change- Melinda knows she has to change to get her old life back. She stops acting depressed and start changing her look. She returns to her normal self that was happy. This was all taken away from her originally by one person. Befriend- After all her friends leave her Melinda becomes friends with her lab partner David. She secretly develops feelings for him but she is too afraid to admit it so they remain friends in the end of the book. Family- Melinda’s family plays a huge role in why she is always sad. Her parents are always fighting and she is always avoiding them. Her difficult family situation makes her school situation harder to handle. Ignored- Melinda used to be the person who was popular. After calling the police she became a loser and after losing her only friend she was ignored by everyone. Not many people tried to even talk to her. Hero- Melinda is a hero is this book. She stands up to the person who raped her and who is hated by many people. She did what other people dreamed of doing to Andy Evans.


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 * __ Speak Questions: __**
 * Is this book about making good or bad decisions? If you were Melinda would you have called the police, even if you knew that everyone in that party wouldn’t talk to you ever again or not be your friends? Explain how you would of felt if you were Melinda in this situation?
 * Melinda thought she had a friend? What happens to that friend and how did she change? What clique did this friend join? What was this friend s name?

If you had been assigned the same topic as Melinda how would you interpret that topic and how would you make it into art?
 * In Melinda’s art class she got assigned with a project; what was the topic of her project?


 * Melinda has a teacher who she can turn to. Who is this teacher that Melinda trusts (name)? Do you have a teacher who is similar to Melinda’s teacher if not what are their differences? Why is Melinda’s teacher similar or different to your teacher?


 * Describe Melinda’s family to your family? Is your family similar or different to Melinda’s? Give an example of a time that your family did something that is similar to Melinda’s family.


 * What does Andy Evans do to Melinda in the party; where does he take her? Why does Melinda dislike him? What does Andy Evans try to do to Melinda again towards the end of the school year? Who comes to the rescue when they hear Melinda scream?


 * Since Melinda’s depression worsens where does she create a hide a way, and what does she do there? What happens to her life? How did it change from the beginning of the book? Can this place (her hide a way) make her even more or less depressed? Who helps her get through this depression? Explain.


 * [|What does the moon symbolize in the "A Night to Remember" chapter?] Explain.


 * Melinda says, “I bet they’d be divorced by now if I hadn’t been born.” How does this reflect her self-esteem? Why does Melinda think about this?


 * =====What is Mr. Freeman’s statement trying to say, “…trees are flexible, so they don’t snap. Scar it, give it a twisted branch-perfect trees don’t exist…Be the tree”. Explain. =====

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 * What was your favorite chapter? Explain.

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Hey guys here is a list of the different roles i chose mine so you can pick and chose what you want to do.
 * 1) “THE DIRECTOR”: Katherine Castillo
 * 2) “THE WORDLER”: Juliette Nealon
 * 3) “THE TALKER”: Kayla Porricelli
 * 4) “THE QUESTIONER”: Ashley Rivas
 * 5) “THE GLOGGER”: Gabriela Jarrin