Read the excerpt from "In with the New."
What does the reader
learn about Samantha from this
She remembered staring into her closet on the morning
flashback?
of her first day at Central Middle School.
"Why don't you
wear your green and purple layered T-shirt?" her mom
• Samantha was worried about her
first day of schoo
had suggested, seeing that Samantha looked
O Samantha tried hard
day of school.
to impress people on her first
overwhelmed.
• Samantha did not care about
her first day of school.
Samantha picked up the shirt and then put it down. "I do
like that one,"
O Samantha was looking forward to her first day at
she explained, "but it's a little
bright, and I
school.
don't want to stand out. Today I only want to blend."