CHAPTER 1

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The story starts out with the main character, , lying on a rock at a place the locals call . The author, , makes this place seem by telling the reader about all the different ways that people have been hurt or even at ninety foot. We get to learn about the kind of person Pam is and the obstacles she's had to face over the years. Pam never had many growing up, and her closest growing up was her . For eight months she had a little , that she didn't like very much because she always had a . Her little sister died after eight months from . From this point on her mother was and we eventually learn that she committed suicide by in the Lynn Canyon. Pam also describes a party that she went to, that Danielle was having. Danielle is one of the girls from school. By the end of the party Pam leaves because she is disgusted by the way everyone is acting, even her best friend . This story shows how Pam is stronged willed and likes to think for .