First Chapter

Hi my name is Kareem Chanel Morance.I live with my mother who I love very much and my sisters. I go visit my dad every once in a while. OMG!!!!!!!! I am such a daddys girl. I love him and my fams but I cant talk them about personal stuff you know.

 Thats why I have my bestie Storie. Were so close were like sisters,twins even. I love her like family and so does my own family. I talk to her about everything. Even about the riches.

 These girls think they cute but they but they not. Storie is my bestie but she hangs out with them some times. Which I dont get, I mean they curse at and they disrespect her yet she talks to them. Theres just this one girl named Sadia who just wanna smack one good time so she will leave me alone cause she keeps teasing me.

Oh yea did I forget to mention Im kind of heavy what people call fat. Sadia teases me about it when she is not much lighter than me. Than there are her followers Tamika and Kalissa. I really don't under stand why Kalissa hangs around them. They make fun of ha right in ha face.

 Sadia think she all that in a bag of chips which shes not. She say stuff bout always touching my stuff like I said before I jus wanna slap her. My mom drives so when we get in front of my school I ask if I could go with her, but then she ask me why then I jus leave. i dont want to tell her about the test cause im kind of shy. I think when I tell her that she'll talk to the principal then its a whole mess.

At my school you can't fight or you get suspended which is not cool wit my momma. She would beat my butt so bad you woudnt see me for a while till the brusies went way. When I was walkin to my grandmothers house wit Storie she wanted to wait for the riches. I was thinkin bout leavin her but shes my best friend so I waited. So we walkin and Im mad cause I was walkin  with the riches who are punks and dont want to talk about me in my face.

So Sadia starts some mess that wasnt needed. Soooooo Im like stop talkin bout me before I smack you. Sadia says " so slap me so slap me" so I walk over to her and smack her. Then she smack me back. Befor I coul do anything Storie came over and held me back. then we stood there and waited for them to walk ahead.
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This novel "The Hard Life" is mostly for middle school kids. Kareem is 12 in 6th she goes to P.S 146. Kareem is kind of heavy set. So she gets teased alot and she only has one friend her best friend "Storie." Now shes sick of all the teasing and ready to stand up for herself. Soon she become mean and self centered. No one talks to Kareem  not even her best friend Storie. What has she done? Can she fix this?