13: What Is The Worst That Could Happen By Bruce Coville

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In the book “13” edited by James Howe, there is thirteen stories. The story I'm going to talk about is “What is the Worst That Could Happen?” written by Bruce Coville. This story talk about how being the age thirteen for him was difficult. It also talks about him having a crush, and not being able to talk to her. For the fear that she would reject him. He explains and describes what she is to him. He also talks to his friends about her, and they tell him to go talk to her but he can't. As he proceeds to talk about her, he said that one day she came up to him and asked if he wanted to be in a skit with her. By that moment he didn’t know what to reply. So he ended up saying “yes”. He had told his best friend, and his best friend replied that

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