Journal Part I, and Chapter 1 Summary

Journal Part I: The narrator of the journal entries is ten-year-old Dreenie. She describes the first time she ever met another girl named Bluish in her class. Her real name is Natalie, but all the kids call her Bluish because her skin is so sickly and pale that you can see the blue veins beneath the skin. Bluish is confined to a wheelchair, and to Dreenie the girl looks tired all the time. Bluish is allowed to bring a puppy to school, which she cradles in her arms.

Another day, Bluish parks her wheelchair right outside the classroom, so that kids have to squeeze around her in order to leave the classroom. Dreenie thinks about asking if Bluish needs help to move, but she does not ask. Bluish exclaims that she has put herself in...