The Sporting event sounds fantastic! Maybe this is a chance for me to show off my skills and techniques. A week has passed and there are only a few days left until the major event. I was so excited yet my heart started pounding as soon as someone mentioned that I signed up for it. My family and friends were all counting on me to win this competition so the pressure was on. Soon everyone in my school began to acknowledge and take interest in asking me what sport I liked. I felt so nervous but I tried to think positively to help the situation. A mixture of thoughts were running through my head, things like, "I can't do this." "Everyone will be proud of you." and "I'm useless." At that moment upon those words my mind went blank.
The novel is a story-within-a-story. Creech writes about Sal's road trip to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents, and during the trip, Sal tells her grandparents about her friend Phoebe Winterbottom and the disappearance of Phoebe's mother.
