September 1
School starts up again in exactly a week. Henry and me haven't been talking about it, but I think he's thinking about it too. Once school starts, I don't think we'll be friends anymore. At least not when around people from school. It wouldn't be good for Henry to be seen being nice to me. I've got a weird name and weird eyes and I'm small and skinny and weak and stupid. I don't think like other kids. I can't understand why they do certain things, and I do things wrong even if somebody else shows me how.
Henry... I don't know why he hangs out with me. I guess all his other friends are off somewhere. Maybe they went on vacation for the whole summer. I feel really happy when he's around. He's not always nice, but when he is, it's the best. And I got him almost all to myself this summer.
But he'll go back to his old friends soon, and then I'll be alone again. I'm fine though.
I'm fine.
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PROPERTY OF A. KENDRICK
Teen FictionA. Kendrick is bullied at school and has no allies among students or staff. And why should he? He's small and strange-looking and slow. His only purpose in life is to keep his younger brother safe from their negligent and occasionally violent mother...
