Theme

The theme of a story is the entire back round and meaning of a story.  The theme of this story is about girl named Melinda who doesn't fit in at her new school, and how she goes through a lot of HS problems. Some of the problems that Melinda goes through are school problems, social problems and more. For example, school problems are a big part of this story. Melinda starts off the year OK, but as we get further into the story, her grades start to slip and her teachers aren't very fond of her. (Especially Mr. Neck) The grades that she id getting are mostly C's and D's, which really aren't good for a first year of HS. But social problems also play a big role in this story. Melinda isn't really the most popular girl in school. Melinda only has 1 true friend and tha is her friend Rachel. Rachel is a very perky and cheery person. Altough very annoying and critical, Rachel is a true friend torwards Melinda. Rachel is pretty much Melinda'a only friend,but she is very loyal and her and Melinda are best friends. 

Questions

1) Why do you think the author chose this topic for the story?

2) What does theme mean?

Katherine Eglezos