Creative Writing: I Will Be The Best Sleepover Ever !

Playing in the snow during the winter is most kids favorite thing about winter other than getting toys during the holidays. I know as a kid I enjoyed it and I know the dangers of it but they never crossed my mind as I was having fun. For most nothing ever happens to them wasn't one of those kids. As a kid every winter Zack and I would always play in the snow at my Mom’s, Dad’s, Nan’s, or anywhere else.

“I had a bully who had bullied me throughout all of Middle School yet I still looked up to her.” This bully, Maddy, had put Riley down so consistently that Riley not only felt inferior but put Maddy on a pedestal and idolized her. In this time of bitter weakness, Riley recalls her longing to fit in and to be

Beep! Beep! Beep! I wake up to an alarm screaming in my ear. I smack the alarm to shut the yelling off. It was a January day, in the middle of the cold, brutal winter. I finally got up after sitting in bed for what felt like hours, and looked outside like I do every morning. I noticed that there was no sign of grass to be seen. All that could be seen was white, frozen blanket of thick snow. I started to get ready for the school day and I just prayed that school was going to be canceled. As soon as I was fully ready I stepped outside and my food sunk down a foot and a half below the snow! I could not believe it that school was still open. As soon as I got to my car that was completely covered in snow, my mother comes out and yells that school was closed. I felt a huge wave as release and I ran back inside and went right back to sleep.

That response, which held a lot of truth, struck a chord with Raina as she thought “well that would really suck” as she sat on a bench by herself with her faceless peers living their own lives behind her (Telegemeier, 154). Transitioning into high school, Raina realizes her friends had spent the whole summer together while she spent the summer mostly in the orthodontist’s office. Her feelings of detachment and feeling left out make her more human, as well as creating a bond between her character and audience members, many who have probably gone through a similar situation. Moving forward, her character demonstrates a very mature way, for a 9th grader, of handling life when it tosses out lemons. Instead of being a victim to her friend’s cruel jokes, such as getting pantsed in the courtyard, Raina gives her “friends” a reaction they were not expecting.

Lindsey Ames, a soon to be high school freshman, views her new school as an opportunity to start over. With the help of her new established friends, Teeny and Grouper, she believes that a change in her wardrobe will eliminate her image that was so haunting and discomforting in the past. Lindsey is successful for a while until her worst possible nightmare appears, her long-time adversary, Avery. The same spoiled bully that ruined her whole middle school life, now reminds Lindsey of her place. As the book continues, the main character’s coping strategies begin to be visible to the reader. Lindsey and her friends, without including the adults, struggle to manage the bullying. Despite this immutable problem, there are other things on Lindsey’s mind. She wants to join the National Honor Society, she wants to take Italian, she wants a cute boy to ask her out, but most of all she wants to change her reputation. However, this does not happen so quickly. As tensions rise, Lindsey faces the complex nature of bullying, and experiences the ups and downs of life as a high school teen.

Since Icy no longer has trusted friends, one would think there was nowhere else to turn besides family; “..nobody will be your friend.. cut off from the world, different and alone..I withdrew even more, too proud to talk to my grandparents, too disconcerted by Miss Emily to talk to her(73)” left Icy in her own little world getting the impression that no one cared for her, especially after overhearing her family talk behind her back. That was one approach that made her mad, what topped it off was their discussion that grinded her gears even more; sending her away to a special school. Because Icy’s flaws were uncontrollable and still hasn't been told why she does what she does left Icy confused, little did she know the new school was for the better.

Melinda’s personality changes dramatically over the course of the summer which leads her to have no one to be with on the first day of school because of the hate crimes that happened at the party.

Here in Australia, it’s winter. It’s currently warmer in the fridge than it is outside. We’ve just been blasted by a wall of frigid air straight from Antarctica, and much of the south-eastern corner of our continent has snow drifts over parts that not so long ago were baking under the hot Autumn sun. It’s not something we’re used to in Australia.

As Auden was growing up she was a well-behaved child because her older brother Hollis was the troublemaker in the family. Auden’s parents would take her places and dinners because they knew that she would not make a commotion. Auden placed a high emphasis on her education because it was learned behavior from her parents, who were a professor and a writer. Her father named her Auden after the famous poet, then when he had a child with his second wife Heidi he named her Thisbe, which comes from Shakespeare. At the start of the summer, Auden is just like her mother in many ways. Auden’s main concern is her GPA, grades and being the best, which is a lot like her mother whose main concern is her work. Auden grew to be an extremely smart person,

High school can be the cruellest time in a teenager’s life. Unfortunately Sarah got to experience that first hand. There was a game that was being played at Sarah’s school, but poor Sarah didn’t know anything about it. She had no friends and she was not considered cool. She felt victim of this inhumane game which was; the most popular kid becomes friends with those that are not popular or have low self-esteem, then convinces them to have sex with one of their friends, and secretly videos it and post it online. Sarah was clueless of what was going to happen to her the day she became friends with Julia, who was the most popular girl in school. She didn’t know that her school days at Rocks High School would be ended because of pregnancy.

The cold winter breeze hit her skin as she stepped out of the warm truck, ordinarily, she immediately wrapped her arms around the black coat attempting to keep her warm, as she was freezing from the sudden temperature change from the truck into the chilly air. Looking back to the sled being drawn out of the back of the truck, then she turned around and her eyes landed on the Rocke’s house, their close family friends. Gazing briefly at her parents one last time, ran to the door of the house, ready to get out of the cold momentarily.

It’s the night before the first day of high school. At 1:00AM, Jamie still nervously lies awake on her bed, while thinking about her new chapter in life. Middle school wasn’t the best experience for her, as she was bullied for being “overweight” and being a nerd. Neither boys nor girls liked her for the way she was. Jamie couldn’t wait for high school to start so she could never see them again.

When her senior year came around she'd had a list of schools to choose from, but the idea of being away from home, away from her parents, and with no friends.... it had been terrifying. She finally had settled on the same school her brother had gone to. It wasn't the best choice academically, but it wasn't the worst either; Lloyd was a

Lucy sat through the last minutes of school, thinking time couldn’t go any slower. She was SOO excited for Summer to finally come. She already had plans. Absolutely nothing. Well, those were her plans until she got home.

The final bell rang, and students erupted in a joyful chorus of cheers as summer break began. I sang a melancholy dirge of self-pity. My bitterness increased as I waited for my mother to pick me up. She came at last and I jumped up, anxious to leave forever. Again, Mrs. Thomas thwarted my plans; she came outside to talk to my mother, undoubtedly about my ignominious fate. As they murmured, I viewed the co-conspirators with hostile eyes. I'm a victim, the final sigh of my fifth grade year whispered wearily.