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pgs. 1-46

I started reading this book and I found it very interesting. Melinda (the main character) is an outcast, shunned from her group of friends. This is because she called the cops in the middle of a huge party. Everyone is mad at her for it. I don't understand why people are mad at her for calling the cops. I mean if I was arrested because of that or knew someone who was arrested I'd be pretty mad at her. But the people who were unharmed, why are they mad at her?

Heather, Melinda's 'friend', is a strange character. She just moved in from Ohio and wants to fit in. I get that. If I was a new kid, I would want to try in fit in with everyone else at the new school, but Heather wants to join a lot of clubs to find the 'right group'. She wants to find this group even though she is already sort-of friends with Melinda. The group that Heather found is the Marthas, a group of girls with well-off parents that do charity work around the school. Even though Heather wants Melinda to tag around in the group I predict that when Heather goes under the influence of the Marthas she will ditch Melinda for them.

The last paragraph of the portion I read mentioned Melinda's nightmare. The paragraph named this nightmare IT. IT is obviously a person, and I predict that this IT person is going to be a factor in why Melinda called the cops during the party.