Author:
Alex McGilvery has been reading since before he can remember, and writing almost that long. He has published 18 books and is author and editor at his imprint Celticfrog Publishing. He lives in Kamloops with his dog and the stories clawing their way out of his head.

Petunia Smith is a senior in High School. The good news is that she only has to survive one more year in the battleground of High School relationships. The bad news is that she is short, shapeless and the preferred target of the cheerleader captain. Petunia knows what she needs to do, but when Marilyn walks into their home room all bets are off. The only thing worse than being Marilyn in Punkie's Hounds High School, may be becoming Marilyn's friend, but Petunia doesn't let that stop her.

Sarcasm is My Superpower

The next day went by in a haze of humiliation. The only thing that saved me was that I was too tired to care. Mr. Sheldon decided to harangue the class on the subject of plagiarism with me as the bad example. It was clear that there was nothing I could say that would convince him that he was wrong so I let it wash over me.  


In gym Miss Philps had apparently decided that it was impossible for any human being to improve in the fitness test as much as I had. She said that I must have been sandbagging on the first test to give myself a better score. I could see the other girls edging away from me. It wasn't that they believed I had cheated, but they didn't want to be guilty by association. She harangued the girls on the nature of integrity and I was the bad example.


Marilyn didn't show at lunch. I had tried to talk to nem earlier, but somehow there just wasn't time or there were too many people around. I tried to eat my lunch, but ended up throwing most of it in the garbage. 


Chapter 26