Summer Reading Assignment Entry Three

"Well, you should see him now," says Brie. "Oooh la la!" He's a sophomore at Colombia and totally filled out. We flirted for four stops on the local train." As Briar and Brinna oooh and aaah and Oh my God, I begin to relax. But then i hear something that makes my stomach lurch. "Doesn't his sister go to Brewster?" Brinna asks. "Yeah" says Briar. "Virginia." "Virginia who?" asks Brie. Ouch. I know Brie and I reside in different universes, but still. We've been going to Brewster since sixth grade. And we're in three classes together, for God's sake. "Virginia Shreves," says Briar, cracking up. "That chubby girl." "No way!" Brie shrieked. "I never knew they were related." "Of course they are," says Briar. "It's not like Shreves is a common name." I bite down on the flesh inside my cheeks, That chubby girl. After a moment Brie says, "All I can say is, if I were that fat, I'd kill myself." "Totally," murmur Briar and Brinna in unison." (pg. 27-28 The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things). This is one of the most memorable passages from the book because you can really see how rude some people are. These words hurt but somehow Virginia gets through it. It's very hard to reboound from this but Virginia does. Keep reading to figure out how.