Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
Join Scott in his journey on figuring out high school
"We plunged toward the future without a clue." p.3
Scott lives in a small town. Him and his friends start high school and drift apart. Scott is saddened by this. He is also surprised when his mother announces she's pregnant. His older brother Bobby got in trouble and had to live at home for a while.
Our three main characters
Scott Hudson
Scott is the brainiac, book-loving, 'nerd'. He ran for class president and won
Lee
Also called 'Weird Lee', she isn't anything like she looks. She has piercings in her face and weird shirts. She loves books and makes statement by putting notes on her locker.
Wesley Cobble
The 'bully' of the school. Later, he befriends Scott and protects him. He also gives him rides to school.
Man vs. Self
Scott is upset the most when his friends leave him. One moves, two become jocks, and the last one got a girlfriend and never had time for them. He doesn't know what to do about losing his friends. So instead, he became better friends with Mouth, Lee and Wesley.
Scott's Guilt
When Scott's friend Louden, mainly known as Mouth, tries to commit suicide, he feels responsible since he was the only one who was nice to him. Most people saw Mouth as an annoying freshman.
"Fall seven times, stand up eight"~Chinese Proverb
Scott's Crush
Julia is Scott's crush. According to Scott, Julia got beautiful over the summer. He likes her but he's afraid of her boyfriend Vernon. He tries to join the same clubs as her but it backfires on him. For example, the school paper. Julia was writing a guest column and Scott thought if he joins then they could talk. When he goes to the first meeting, he finds out she was only a guest writer.
High School
Eventually Scott realizes that instead of being afraid, he should do more things. You only go to high school once.
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