Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones

By Zara Chapman

They say everyone has a story but none as bad as Keana's...
Keana Walters is an ordinary girl. She has great friends and a great family.
One day, she comes home to find out her father is being kicked out for a terrible reason. Keana starts taking the stress and pain out on herself, which her mom then finds out.
But suddenly, newcomer Alex comes along helping Keana, who doesn't even know Alex's little secret...
Will Keana find Alex's secret?
Will Keana be able to be saved from the pain?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Aug 7, 2014
• ISBN: 9781291977363

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Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones

Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones

Zara Chapman

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Copyright © Zara Chapman

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This book is full of fiction. Names, characters, incidents, places and schools are completely fictitious. Any resemblance to actual events, persons, living or dead, is coincidental, and is beyond the intent of the author.

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ISBN: 978-1-291-97736-3

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Introduction

Hey guys, I’m Keana and I’m 14 years old. I go to a private middle school and I am currently in 8th grade, which is our last year before high school. I guess the worse part about the school is that we have to wear a school uniform. I guess it isn’t actually that bad, as it’s just a white shirt, a blue striped tie, a black sweater and black pants, so it does look nice, just wish we could express our individuality more. I’ll admit the school is a little strict and some rules are annoying. I currently live in Los Angeles, California with my mom and dad. Usually they get on really well, but these past couple of weeks, they’ve been arguing quite a lot these past few days. I really wish they would sort it out so we could go back to the happy family we were. I really hope they don’t split up, just because I wouldn’t be able to handle it, that would be the worst thing in the world. They’ve already been married for 15 years, a year later little me popped along on June 17th 1997. That completed our family and we were happy for a while. I really love music and it does drown out the shouting downstairs. Some nights I can go downstairs and mom’s there, looking like she has been crying. I ask if she’s okay and she lies and tells me she’s fine and dad also stays out late a lot. He can even leave on the evening and not turn up until the next morning. I also really hate it when he comes in late drunk… it really scares me and it mainly gets frustrating when I’m trying to do my homework for the night and I have them shouting downstairs. Anyway, I have to leave for school now. See you later

Chapter 1

I was sat in English class, which is the last period of the day. I have my cell phone in my pocket, as always, when suddenly it starts vibrating. It goes on for a while, so I was guessing someone was calling me. The vibration finally stops and I feel relieved before it goes off again. Whoever this was, it was clearly important. I then looked up at the clock and saw that it was 2.35pm – which meant seven minutes before we got out of class – which would be good so then I could find out who was calling me. Finally they passed, and the bell went off, signaling the end of the day. My best friend, Angel and I left together, with hope that she could stay around mine for a couple of hours. I got my cell phone out my pocket to check the missed calls, realizing they were all from mom. I then clicked on her name before clicking the ‘call’ button.

Hey, mom.

"Now you