180 Days (PDF version)

Anna Shields is in one of the worst places at one of the worst times ever. High school, ninth grade, the teen years. She is self-conscious, shy, unsure of who her true friends are, and never able to open her locker. Yet she is wise beyond her years, in-love with her English class assignments and dreaming of bumping into the football team’s quarterback (even though he doesn’t know she exists). With no real audience in mind, Anna takes her pen and paper for a ride each school day, chronicling her entire freshman (or freshwoman) year at Tilghman High School. Day 1 is about to begin and her snooze alarm is on its fourth go-around already. Only 179 to go…