The World and Waking Up

What else was Roman Gillis to do when he stumbled upon a diary hidden in a hollowed out World Studies textbook in the library but to, of course, read it? Imagine his surprise when he found out the diary belonged to his best friend, Lilian Pritchett. But she told whoever found it to not tell her about finding it so Roman did just that. How hard could it be? The answer: very hard. Especially when she had written such intriguing things in her little diary. He couldn't and wouldn't tell anyone else about it so what was he to do but to read it?