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“Tree.” Tree? It’s too easy. I learned how to draw a tree in second grade. I reach in for another piece of paper. Mr. Freeman shakes his head. “Ah-ah-ah,” he says. “You just chose your destiny, you can’t change that.”  (pdf 15)

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"I watch myself in the mirror across the room. Ugh. My hair is completely hidden under the comforter. I look for the shapes in my face. Could I put a face in my tree, like a dryad from Greek mythology? Two muddy-circle eyes under black- dash eyebrows, piggy-nose nostrils, and a chewed-up horror of a mouth. Definitely not a dryad face. I can’t stop biting my lips. It looks like my mouth belongs to someone else, someone I don’t even know. I get out of bed and take down the mirror. I put it in the back of my closet, facing the wall." (pdf  17-18)

" We ended up with pounds of candy. After Ivy’s parents went to bed, we lit a candle in the totally dark house. We held it in front of an antique mirror at midnight to see our futures. I couldn’t see anything. " (pdf 33)

" The first thing to go is the mirror. It is screwed to the wall, so I cover it with a poster of Maya Angelou that the librarian gave me. She said Ms. Angelou is one of the greatest American writers. " (pdf 38)

"I look at her mother’s eyes watching me in the rearview mirror and hide my mouth with my fingers. The scabs on my lips are especially gross in that little rectangle mirror. " (pdf 57)

"I hook my hair behind my ears. I should have washed it. My face is dirty. I lean
into the mirror. Eyes after eyes after eyes stare back at me. Am I in there
somewhere? A thousand eyes blink. No makeup. Dark circles. I pull the side
flaps of the mirror in closer, folding myself into the looking glass and blocking
out the rest of the store." (pdf 83)

"I hit the wood against the poster, and the mirror under it, again. Shards of glass slip down the wall and into the sink. IT pulls away from me,  puzzled. I reach in and wrap my fingers around a triangle of glass. I hold it to Andy Evans’s neck. He freezes... His lips are paralyzed. He cannot speak. That’s good enough. "  (pdf 126-127)

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Melinda has anxiety and we think she is afraid of public speaking or talking  to a group of people.  She mentions multiple times she freezes and embarrasses herself. This may be a result of what happened at the party, (pg 51- book)

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Sine the party, her music style changes (we assume). She doesn't seem happy to do anything. She is upset and can't tell anyone why

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Melinda talks about herself as a mainly happy person before the party. We guessed that she listened to whatever was popular in her time!

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Melinda  is  disconnected from her family members. Throughout Thanksgiving and Christmas, she explains how they act around each other. This disconnected family life, we think, causes another reason to be unhappy. She doesn't feel safe telling her paretns what happened at the party! (Ev. MP3- Giving Thanks, Winter Break)

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Melinda enjoys art and throughout the story, art is the only class she does well in. Her year project is to create a tree.

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Melinda is a good basketball player but doesn't seem to want to join the team. She doesn't want to be social or meet new friends. She is just trying to get along with life.

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Melinda’s fear is to tell people what really happened at the party and that influences her because she is running from the problem, avoiding talking to people

Ev. “ I can’t tell them what really happened.” (pg 28)

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-someone who was at the  party
-she's avoiding him
"Siobhan: “It’s him. Andy Evans just walked in. I think he’s looking for you, Em.” I turn around. They are talking about IT."

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"I want to confess everything, hand over the guilt and mistake and anger to someone else."

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-new friends from Ohio
-motivated for clubs and work
-sometimes Melinda finds her annoying

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She wants to keep what happened at the party a secret, even if she loses friends

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-she’s concerned about how people will react when the truth is out

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-she fears what will happen when the truth comes out
-her parents probably don’t know what happened, causing her to keep it a secret from them too

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-she really wants to move past the party event
-she wants to fix her relationship with Rachel

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When her parents talk to her about her grades, she feels guilty, giving her a little more motivation to do well in school

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-she values her relationship with Rachel- she wants her back
-she values her parents’ opinion about her (she tried to fix her school grade)

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Melinda feels she made the right decision but hates the consequences that come with it. She can’t determine how she really feels about the situation.

Ev. “I am in the middle of a hostile crowd that hates me for what I had to do. I can’t tell them what really happened. I can’t even look at that part myself. An animal noise rustles in my stomach.” (pg. 28- book)

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Melinda’s biggest flaw is her reaction to a problem or uncomfortable situation. She doesn’t face it head-on. Instead, she hides from it, avoiding talking to anybody.

Ev. “I used to be like Heather. Have I changed that much in two months? My goal is to go home and take a nap.” (Pg 24- book)

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-Melinda want Rachel to really know why she called the cops
-Melinda wants to fix her relationship with her the most
Ev. “If there is anyone in the entire galaxy I am dying to tell what really

happened, it’s Rachel” (pg. 5- book)

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she called the cops at a party and now everyone at school is mad at her (friends and strangers)

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people are angry wither her because she called the cops at the party
Ev. “Another girl chimes in. “My brother got arrested at that party. He got

fired because of the arrest. I can’t believe you did that. Asshole.” (pg 28- book)

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-has been unmotivated to do anything since the party
-has anxiety (bites her lips)
-lost most of her friends since the party

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-main character
-freshman in high school
-goes to Merryweather High

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In a nutshell, Melinda is keeping to herself something that happened at the party that caused her to call the cops.

She is an example of how if there is something wrong, the best thing to do is ask for help.

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Events and Experiences- (contributes to who she is)

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Events and Experiences- (contributes to who she is)