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Sleeping Freshman Never Lie By David Lubar
In the novel Sleeping Freshman Never Lie David Lubar tells a story about a boy Scott Hudson during his first year of high school. Throughout the book we get to experience Scott's freshman year of high school. We see him change and learn how to fit in with all of the other kids. Scott goes through so many unexcepting things during the year. Though it was hard for Scott he overcame bullies, family issues, and friend troubles and discover himself by the end of the year. Scott endured a lot of difficult things during the year. One of the most shocking was his best friend moving to Texas in the middle of the year. Going into high school Scott had three really close friends one ditched Scott for a girl friend. The other became a jock and left

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