- Joanie is 14 years old.
- She goes to Valmont High in California.
- She lives nearby in a quiet neighbourhood with her family and a couple of dogs.
- Her sister Bella is 3 years older than her.
- Bella goes shopping all the time, plays Frisbee, wears make-up, and talks about boys.
- Joanie likes knitting, playing with the dogs, listening to music, playing the piano twice a week at school, and eating chocolate ice-cream.
- School started three weeks ago.
- Her first day was amazing; she saw all her friends again and they chatted about the holidays.
- Everybody was excited.
- She had new schoolbooks with stickers on them to make them colourful.
- They met their new teachers and said “Hi” to them.
- Mr. Kramer, the head teacher, called on her first thing in the morning and asked her to say a few words about herself to the class.
- She blushed bright red but did alright.
- Darcy, her friend from school, compared their new lockers and talked about their stuff: notebooks, magazines, make-up, rollerblades, etc.
- She bumped into her piano teacher in the hallway who asked about her Bach practice.
- She didn’t really practise as hard as she could have because the beach is just around the corner and the sun’s shining as hot as a volcano all the time.
- She was sorry to see time go by really fast – it was time to go home.
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