Personal Narrative Essay: Janine's Target

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Big, bland, and plan, the MSGA gym had to have at least 50 people in it. Yet I was still Janine's Target. My friend and I were playing basketball together. We let her in the game just to be nice. “I’ve made a team before but i got kicked off because I was too violent.”, my friends and I looked back and forth at each other “Yeah I ushed people a lot.”, Janine Says. My eyes got as wide as saucers when she said that. The game start and hurricane Janine starts brewing. Her first strike was at tip off, she pushes our team mate over onto the floor with a thud. The game is tied 10-10 and i have the ball. With a smile as wide as the grinch Hurricane Jeanine struck again. She came Charging right at me to get the ball. OOF! I began to fall in what

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