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Falling For You By Lisa Schroeder
In my novel, Falling for You by Lisa Schroeder, the main character is Alice. Alice gets lonely, and her boyfriend, Blaze, doesn’t seem to notice or care. Her stepmom is currently pregnant, adding to the stress in Alice’s life. In order to get her stress out, Alice writes in her diary. Alice is very girlish and is into fashion. Although, her physical image would make you think she’s popular, Alice is depressed and keeps to herself. My first slide is about my character traits. Alice is not an outgoing girl; at times she can feel depressed. My quote was “That’s why I have more love than my heart can possibly hold” (Schroeder, 50). The reason why I put this is because she is sometimes a lovely girl towards her family even though they put her
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