Basically, the main idea of the first 50 pages of this book is that Melinda, the protagonist, tells about her first they of class. Know she is in 9 grade, she is a freshman. Melinda talks about her classes, and how she is being bullied by her classmates and by her ex best friend Rachel. She only talks with the new girl at school. Melinda feels insecure of herself at this moment of the story because she feels that she is inferior than the others.