Please Stop Laughing at Me 1

"Please Stop Laughing at Me" by Jodee Blanco, 2003.

I remember watching my mom read this book about 5 years ago. I remember her telling me to read it about 2 years ago. And now I finally am. I have never been ashamed to admit that I judge a book by its cover, so of course it was no different in this case. "Please Stop Laughing at Me," has the bland cover of a girl sitting in the lower left hand corner loosely text wrapped by the title and remarks from well renowned readers. I could not help but wonder if the girl on the cover would be Jodee, the girl in the book that the author used to be.
The first chapter ends transitioning into Blanco recalling her first day of her freshman year of high school. At the end of the first chapter where the transition has just begun with the words “first day of my freshman year of high school,” I can’t help but remember my own. What made her first day so different than any one elses?
God, how did I ever get out of the car that day? Why did I? I know that everything turned out fine, but that first day would become the first of many to be lonely and lunch- less.
I lost track of Blanco for a minute and reminisced with myself. But I came back to notice that I left her hanging to be bullied on and verbally and physically attacked, something I haven’t ever endured in high school. Maybe her story would be different than mine after all.