Locked

Chapter 5

She was now on her way to school with her big backpack, full of books, about to break. Whenever her mom saw her backpack, she always reminded her that she would not buy her a new one because it costs too much money. Cassandra was just passing the old man on the street, and when he did not scream weird things to her, she was surprised. 

As she arrived to school, she didn't get the greeting normal 9th grader kids do. Her friends didn't run to her, hug her, or explain everything that had happened to them since last evening. No. Instead, she just walked by all the little groups of friends, alone.

 Her first class was English. English was her favorite class, as they would read multiple books every year. Her teacher, Mr. Vancourt, would always give her extra books to read because she would usually read the assigned book in two days. In English today, they were writing essays about The Giver. Mr. Vancourt knew that Cassandra had read this book multiple times, so he decided to make her write a deeper essay than the rest of the class: "Is the community in The Giver actually happy?" To Cassandra the aswer to this question was easy; it was yes. She complained to Mr. Vancourt that this was too easy for her and he just simply answered: "Is it though?"