Characters
Our protagonist
Ellie
" I don't know why people are so mean, Ellie, but I do know whatever someone did is a reflection of them. Not you."
Catalina
Like a pack of feral cats
Simile
State our story takes place
Texas
How long Liam was grounded from his car...at a minimum
1 month
Ellie's brother
Catalina's brother
Liam
Javier
"Now, Ellie- remember to-"
Ellie's mom
Laughter bounces off the cement walls.
Personification
Class Ellie is in when she falls to the ground
Math
Present that Catalina gives Ellie
large mirror
Girls who steal Gigi and want Ellie to eat a whale cake
Kortnee and Marissa
You. Owe. My. Daughter. An. Apology.
Ellie's Dad
I squirrel away food
Idiom
State Viv moved to
Indiana
What Ellie does to the Fat Girl Rules
burns them
Ellie's aunt who almost died from bariatric surgery
"Whales are unique, beautiful, and powerful."
Mrs. Boardman- ELA teacher
It's like Moses with the Red Sea
Allusion
Name of ellie's school
Kiser Academy
Who said: "Bruises are purple. Anger is red. Sadness is blue." And black? "That's how you feel inside when you've been bullied.
Enemy # 3
Math teacher who has a chubby daugher, OR
Librarian
Mr. Harrington. OR
Mrs. Pochon
"I've dreamed of having a shop like this since I was your age."
Diana
Imperfectly Perfect
Oxymoron
2 states dad took them to on a 'fall foliage tour'
New Hampshire and Vermont
ellie's favorite dinner that Catalina's mom makes
chicken enchiladas