The first ten lies they tell you in high school.
As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altog.
She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. "Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school.
The first ten lies they tell you in high school