Choosing our own focus POST #11

     I have recently finished the book "art geeks and Prom Queens" by Alyson Noel. My focus that I'm choosing is bullying and how the main character in my book dealt with it. Rio is the main character, and she has just recently moved from New York all the way to Southern California. Being the new student was hard for her, she got detention the 1st week she arrived. But she did meet meet new people. Jas (Jasper) and Mason were her first friends. They weren't exactly in the popular group, more like the geeks. Kristi was the popular girl. Everyone admired her, including Rio. When she gets the chance to become closer to her, she takes the risk and leaves Jas and Mason behind.

   Hanging out with the popular girls, Kristi, Kayla, and Jen Jen, has changed Rio. Instead of Kristi being the most popular girl in the school, it became Rio. That's how all the bad stuff started. Kristi then made out with Rios boyfriend and also stole him away, called her names, wrote on her locker and also put dog poop inside her locker. Rio didn't tell anyone. She didn't know what to do, until one day when she decided to tell her mother. Her mom didn't believe her because she always thought Kristi was sweet, but she believed her daughter more. She offered to go talk to the principal, and even sue them. But Rio decided it was time to stand up for herself. The next day, Rio confronts Kristi.

     "Look i say, anxious to get to the point before i lose my nerve completely. "I don't know what i did to make you guys hate me so much, but I'm asking you to stop. Stop spreading rumors, stop sending me nasty e-mails and text messages, stop throwing stuff at me, calling me names, and stop writing stuff on my locker and filling it with dog shit."There i said it, now i can breathe again.
 

     After saying that to Kristi, most people weren't scared to confront her anymore. The next day more and more people were standing up for themselves. Rio used to be a follower. But after that, she was now a leader. Instead of Rio calling Kristi names back, and doing the stuff back to her, she stood up for herself and told her to stop. When her friendship with Kristi ended, she learned who her real friends were. Jas, and Mason. They never stopped caring for Rio even after she abandoned them. Having real friends is better than having fake friends and being popular.