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In the beginning of the book, I just read about two normal teenagers named Amy and Matthew who seem to be very close friends sending each other emails. The first page was an email written by Amy to Matthew titled, I’m happy! Amy was saying how happy she was that when she walked into her mother's office that Matthew's name was on the list! She said that it was an unusual setup and to try not to think of it as her parents offering to pay people to be her friend and that she'd prefer to think of it as her parents are paying people to pretend to be her friend, and that was probably much closer to the truth.
This made me confused because at the time, I had no Idea what …show more content…
I notice things.” “WHAT KIND OF THINGS?” “It's not your fault you don't have friends, you always have an aid with you. PLus you talk about parties and dances but I don't think that you have ever been to one so how do you know you're not sorry to be missing?” Amy said “I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE SAYING THIS.” “sorry” “DON'T BE SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT. MY GOSH, I CAN’T BELIEVE HOW RIGHT YOU ARE.”
This made me feel sad for Amy because it must be hard to hide so much for so long and to go so long without any friends. Amy was not the girl I first thought she was in the beginning of the book. I was surprised on how well she can hide it because how can anyone put so much detail into emotional words about how happy you are about yourself if you have never felt that way. I am really liking this book so far and I can't wait to keep reading it. I wonder what Amy’s life will turn out to be in the future and what actually worries her about