Rosa Morgan is 14 years old. Her parents are teachers and they (especially her mother) have high expectations of her academic ability. She attends Seaton College and at the start of the novel she has been caught stealing a photograph of the popular boy that she secretly has a crush on, Jason. As a consequence Andrew Greenwood blackmails her. The story develops the theme of blackmail and bullying as Rosa learns that four other people are …showed first 75 words of 768 total…

…showed last 75 words of 768 total…personality and she is a much nicer person for it. Rosa is more confident and she no longer resents herself; she is bolder, more outgoing and sincere. By enduring the torture of Andrew Greenwood she has grown as a person and she is no longer inconsiderate of people's feelings. I really enjoyed 'Welcome to the real world' and I think that it has an important moral to it; whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.