Kris wheeled to class on her first day at the new school. She noticed people staring at her, but that wasn’t strange to her. Kris knew it would be hard to make new friends because of her disability, but she would try her best. The first four hours of school flew by. Kris didn’t say too much except her name and her hometown during the morning classes. At lunch she wheeled over to …showed first 75 words of 434 total…

…showed last 75 words of 434 total…back and wouldn’t walk again. Kris looked up at the girls across the table. They looked at her in disbelief; they couldn’t believe her unfortunate story. They said they were sorry, but she had heard that phrase a thousand times. By the end of the school day, she knew that she had three new friends. She guessed that they liked her out of sympathy, but it was better than no friends at all.