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In High School we were usually told to "Make like a tree…" Melinda here has to make, like, a tree. Art stuff. We're painting with a broad-brush to give you the plot.

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00:00

Thank you We sneak in Speak the plot I'll ask

00:08

him What happens during the beginning of the plot So

00:15

the first few chapters are about melinda's first couple of

00:19

weeks at school so she starts off the school year

00:23

She rides the bus no one's talking to her she

00:26

runs into her ex friends who hate her fine and

00:30

she keeps talking about it which we don't know what

00:33

it is but she's terrified of it So over the

00:37

course of you know the first few weeks of school

00:39

she meets a girl named heather who befriends her just

00:43

because she is new and needs friends Heather wants to

00:47

know everyone and do everything she wants to join a

00:50

different club for every day of the week on dso

00:53

Melinda who is just like there and available is a

00:56

that is a good first friend for her They stressed

00:59

each other out but they kind of make it work

01:02

way Also meet some of melinda's teachers her english teacher

01:06

and her art teacher In particular Her english teacher gives

01:10

them all journals and tells them that the journals will

01:13

never be grated but but they should write in them

01:16

every day Her art teacher gives each member of the

01:21

class A word and tells them that over the course

01:24

of the year they have to learn to make art

01:28

That reflects that word Melinda chooses the word tree and

01:35

tries to trade it in because she doesn't think it's

01:39

that complicated or inspiring she's pretty bored by it But

01:43

her art teacher tells her that you can't change your

01:47

fate You have to accept what you're given And so

01:51

she is left to figure out like what this tree

01:54

means for her And it's heavily suggested obviously that something

02:00

about figuring out the truth will relate to her figuring 00:02:03.82 --> [endTime] out What happens during the beginning of the plot

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