Characters
Yells at Melinda in the auditorium
Mr. Neck
an outcast
Melinda
state of being taught a doctrine or belief
Indoctrination
As the novel opens, readers find out that it’s the ________ day of school at __________ High School,
First, Merryweather
In the final short chapter of the first marking period, Melinda spots someone in the hallway she repeatedly calls ________.
IT
Wants kids to find their soul
Mr. Freeman
talks non-stop
Heather
changing, transforming
Morphing
During lunch on the first day, as she’s looking for a seat, an anxious narrator gets hit with a
lump of __________ and gravy during lunch.
Potatoes
The narrator nicknames her English teacher __________, and her social studies teacher
__________.
Hairwoman, Mr. Neck
Works too much
Melinda's Mom
Ignores Melinda in the bathroom
Rachel/ Rachelle
having to do with drama
Thespians
Heather tries to convince Melinda to join some ________ at school, mostly because it’s what the popular kids at school do.
clubs
During art, she selects, as Mr. Freeman calls it, her destiny. For the remainder of the school year her task is to make art based on the concept of __________.
Tree
An athlete
Nicole
Melinda's English Teacher
Hairwoman
people who follow totalitarian dictatorship
Fascists
Melinda is read the riot act by her parents when they find out she’s not doing very well in __________.
school
A former friend named ________ is in our storyteller’s art class.
Ivy
Good at art
Ivy
Seems self absorbed
Melinda's dad
one who preys upon another
Predator
Heather has joined a preppy clan called the __________. They wear fashionable clothes and are big on helping in the community.
Marthas
As she tries to escape a pursuing Mr. Neck, who’s in search of her late social studies homework, Melinda ducks into an old janitor’s __________ to hide.
closet