Chapters 1-2

Plot Summary:
The reader is introduced to Josephine Alibrandi, who we find out in is her last year of school at St Marthas' High School.
Josephine is asked by Sister Louise to talk at "Have a Say Day", a day where high school students talk about anything, but Josephine talked about AIDS and the lack of sexual education in schools.

Challenges faced by the character(s)/information revealed about the character(s):
The reader is lead to believe by the narrator of the book is Josephine, and that she is a student at school that doesn't enjoy it that much and that she doesn't particularly like her family because of the way they act around her.
We meet Josephine's friends Sera, Lee and Anna around the beginning of Chapter 2 and find out a bit about their personal lives.
The reader is also introduced to Jacob Coote who also said a speech at the same "Have a Say Day" then Josephine. Jacob Coote is from teh public school down the road that no-one really likes, and a few years back he smooched 2 eggs into Josephine's glasses.

Important Quotations:
"She (her grandmother) accuses my mother of being a bad mother for not caring enough and letting me go. Mama almost gives it to her each time, and some days when the three of us are together it's World War Three." (pg 6)
"Seated on my other side was Jacob Coote from Cook High. Cok High is the public school in the city area. Because it's the closest school to us we don't get along well with them. We think we're better than them. They think we're the biggest dags in the world." (pg 26)
"Jacob Coote and about ten of his friends...blocked both entrances of a land we cut through to get to out bus-stop. Twelve of us were bombarded with eggs, rotten fruit and vegetables."(pg 27)

Personal Response:
What I think the chapter is about: This chapter is about introducing us to Josephine and her friends, and her thinking she is an outsider in the world.
My response of the book so far: This book so far has been sort of boring in my eye. Nothing so far has happened, other then the "Have a Say" Day and a few fights she had with her mother, none of them being interesting. The book doesn't fell like it is setting up a story it just seems like it is explaining one persons life.

Definition of THREE difficult words encountered:
1. Naivety - Lack of sophistication or experience.
2. Erratic - Moving from the usual or proper course of conduct in opinion.
3. Meddling - To involve oneself without right or invitation.