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Alien In The Planet Ginny
In the story “The only alien in the planet”, it talks about a girl named Ginny that moves to a new place where doesn’t know anyone. Ginny was a shy and lonely character in the beginning of the story. She also seemed a tad insecure when she started her new school. In chapter one, page three she says: “Nobody was talking to me. Nobody needed me. Nobody even knew I was there.”
Meaning she felt invisible and unwanted. She thought she was going to be the outcast throughout the whole entire time, until a girl named Holly showed up and started showing her around the whole school.

It was in class when Ginny first laid eyes on Smitty Tibbs. Holly told her that Smitty wasn’t an average normal teenager. He had things wrong with him. It was then when

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