Describe a part of the book that made you feel something strongly (i.e. something that made you cry, laugh, get really angry, etc.).
Warning, Spoiler Alert!: So Claire is offered a scholorship to the Silver Blades program (a figure skating program). She accepts. But it turns out that it is SUPER intense, and that the coach is REALLY strict. And the schedule is crazy, so she doesn't have any time for her best friend, Natalie. At first Natalie seems to be okay with it, but then she talks to Claire less and less. Finally it seems like Claire will have a night off that she can spend with Natalie, but then Coach Andrei extends the practice so Claire has to cancel. But she manages to go to Nat's house after practice. Nat is with her bees. Claire always stays away from her bees, but Natalie made it clear that the only way Claire was going to be able to hang out with her, would be to help her. But then they each say some hurtful things. Nat says that it's not fair that whenever they hang out, if they can, Claire doesn't even pay attention. It made me mad at Claire that she didn't pay attention to Natalie, and it made me feel grateful that me and my friends never have that kind of conflict, even if we have different kind of conflict.
- 6th grader
