TITLE: Secret
GENRE: YA Secret
The last sounds died away as the doors thudded shut. I glanced down the unfamiliar school hallway, my pulse racing. Loser, the voices whispered. My head spun as I shuffled along the tiled floor, my legs wobbling with each step. I needed to do this. Quickly. I slipped a hand inside my jeans pocket and pushed open the girls’ bathroom door with the other. My heart stopped.
Two girls leaned over the sinks. “Shouldn’t you be in class?” asked one of the girls, touching up her mascara. Petite, with long white-blonde hair, and dressed in a tank top and micro-mini, she turned, looking me up and down. “You must be new here.” She screwed up her face. “Geesh, how tall are you, like, six feet?”
I froze, clutching the penknife in my pocket, and glanced away. Just leave me alone.
“C’mon, Jess, let’s go,” said the girl’s friend, smacking her freshly glossed lips together.
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Contemporary
ReplyDeleteWith the girl's bathroom it appears we'll be looking at some modern day issues.
Contemporary
ReplyDeleteThe tone so far suggests an ordinary world scenario. I really wonder what she's going to do in the bathroom with the penknife.
Paranormal. Because of the voices.
ReplyDeleteContemporary, because of the ordinary setting
ReplyDeleteContemporary. Issue perhaps bullying?
ReplyDeleteContemporary issue book - cutting.
ReplyDeleteContemporary
ReplyDeleteShe may have a mental disorder making her hear voices and need to do something--this may end up being a fantasy. But can't tell that right now. The fact that she thought for the girls to leave her alone and they left the bathroom is what making me think it might end up as UF.
Contemporary.
ReplyDeleteCutting!
I Can't Tell. The setting says Contemporary, but the darkness, hearing voices, etc. could be Paranormal.
ReplyDeleteContemporary/problem novel.
ReplyDeleteSounds like she's being bullied and may be considering suicide.
contemporary
ReplyDeletetroubled teen, high school, bullying
Contemporary/ Horror because of the penknife and hearing voices is sanity?
ReplyDeleteContemporary -- Issue
ReplyDeletecutting, misfit, bullying
CONTEMPORARY
ReplyDeleteSetting seems like a general contemporary highschool.
Contemporary
ReplyDeleteWorld building suggest it's a school in modern times
Contemporary. New school, troubled girl, loser, other girl's in washroom seem current.
ReplyDeleteContemporary. Seems like a realistic, modern setting.
ReplyDeleteHello: This one is mine. It is contemporary. The voices are a sign of the mental illness my mc suffers from. Thanks so much for the comments!
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