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The descriptions of the "clans" are typical of any of today's high schools such as cheerleaders, jocks, thespians, and goths. Melinda's story takes place at her school which is Merryweather High in Syracuse, NY, but it may very well be any high school in America. Freeman's art class where she is slowly able to work through her trauma. However, Melinda does find some peace in Mr.
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Her grades suffer and the only friend she makes is a new girl from Ohio named Heather who ends up ditching her, because she wants to be part of a popular social club known as the "Marthas." Even Melinda's former best friend, Rachel, will not talk to her. She keeps this to herself while trying to go through the motions of school. What everyone doesn't know is the reason she called the police is because a popular senior named Andy Evans raped her. She is a a freshman outcast at Merryweather High for calling the cops during a party just prior to the beginning of the school year. The protagonist of this contemporary fiction novel is Melinda Sordino. Something awful happened at the party, and she struggles to find the courage to tell someone.
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She has no friends and hardly speaks to anyone, but Melinda has a secret. This causes her to be the outcast once school starts. Just before the start of her freshman year in high school, Melinda calls the police during a party.