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Guilty, karma, wail, grief, sullen. These words give a heavy and deepened tone to the story. The reason for the word choice is to give the reader the sense of feeling the characters are feeling. A classmate died after Panda had exposed her secret on her infamous website as Grey which caused her to feel guilty about it. Also, her secret admirer hints that they were involved.

The lengths Panda is willing to go to for this "photography game" goes to show how passionate she is and how much she cares about what people think about her talents. Her drive to be the best in everything she does has become a constant pattern in the story.

Panda continues to play with her secret admirer's "game". She tends to get competitive, especially with photography. Considering the lengths she went for her last photo, I feel like she will continue with this pattern of going to great lengths to compete with this other person. Her hall ghost persona is also starting to diminish a little bit at school as people start to notice her.

I would compare Panda with a ghost pepper. First in the wording. "Ghost" is what she tries to be at school, she does everything she can to blend in and become invisible. Second, she seems innocent and nice on the outside but on the inside, she is pretty spicy. She exposes people's secrets when they treat someone else poorly. She also gets caught up in her ways and has a bit of an attitude with her family and friend.

"Blackmail" means to use something against someone in order to get them to do something or not reveal a secret or personal information about them. This word is used in my book when the main character is being blackmailed into doing what the "secret admirer" wants her to do.

One lesson I have learned from the book is that there's more to someone than what they allow others to see. There is many instances of hiding one's true identity in this book and you don't understand the characters very well until you learn their back story. Then you can change your perspective and see events differently than before.

I don't think Panda would believe in the American dream because while she was born in America, she is from two different countries and her parents were from other countries before they moved. Not that she doesn't believe she can't find success, I think she could do something with her photography talent. I think right now she is more focused on high school rather than achieving the American dream.

I think Panda would be celebrating with her family and best friend for the holidays. She is a mix of German and African American so they would have food from both cultures. I think that her best friend's family would celebrate with them.

It interests me why Panda feels she needs to expose her peers and how she sees it as justice. I have a feeling there is a deeper reason why she started exposing her classmates that hasn't been revealed yet. She just finished taking pictures of one of her classmates that would expose a huge secret because she had humiliated a girl with cerebral palsy. It is still unclear what Panda's intentions are behind her hobby.

I think all of the characters would have memories of that day in detention. Now that this is all over, things are finally starting to turn around for them. The whole situation still has leftover effects on them and they now have to cope with it. They all start reflecting on everything that has happened and many memories will start resurfacing as they see how much their lives have changed.

The mood of the scene would be more resentful. Nate's mother came back after leaving them for many years. She claimed to be sober and that she had finished rehab. Nate didn't care what she was saying and her presence only made him angrier. He resents his mother for leaving him and his chaotic, falling-apart house.

Why couldn't I have just accepted the D? It was one class, one weakness. Now it is haunting me in ways I never would've imagined. I'm suspected of murder and now it's on national television? I'm done for, I'm just done for.