Sleeping Freshman Never Lie Scott Hudson

“All I knew for sure was that our lives were about to change” (Lubar, 3). This is what Scott said the day before freshman year started, and he was right. In Sleeping Freshman Never Lie Scott Hudson is entering his first year of high school. He has heard how the freshman were treated, and was not very excited. The first day, he realized that his friend in Kindergarten, Julia, someone magically became gorgeous over the summer. He also deals with friends, crushes, extra curricular activities, and finding himself. On top of that, his mother is pregnant. So, he decides to help his new sibling by writing a freshman survival guide. This survival guide will document the different things he experienced in freshman year and the mistakes he made, in

hopes that his new sibling will not make the same mistakes and will make their freshman year great. With a new school and new surroundings, everyone changed a lot, especially Scott. Scott changed the most because he lost friends but was able to make new ones, and he developed a better relationship with his brother.
The first reason that Scott changed the most was because he lost all his friends, but he was able to make friends with people that he didn’t expect he would be friends with.

At the beginning of the book, Scott had three best friends, Kyle, Mitch, and Patrick. His friends slowly drifted away for different reasons. Patrick had to move to Texas.. Mitch started dating a girl and spent all his time with her. Kyle joined the wrestling team, became a jock, and started bullying Scott. Despite losing all his friends, he made two new ones, Lee and Wesley. In the text it states that, “Wow. Two small words that meant a lot. My friends” (Lubar 275). Lee was a new girl at school who was labeled freaky and weird, even by Scott himself, became she had dyed hair and tons of piercings and loved everything to do with death. Despite her appearance and interests, Scott and Lee were brought together by their love for books. His other new friend, Wesley, was one of the scariest seniors in the school. They met when Scott had to bring something to the office and Wesley had gotten in trouble. Wesley started driving him to school and they became friends shortly after. This showed that Scott changed because he realized his old friends weren’t true friends. He was also able to look past the appearance and interests of a person and be friends with them simply because he knew that they would be true

friends.
The second reason that Scott changed the most was because he developed a better relationship with his brother. Scott’s brother Bobby has been living on his own for a while and Scott didn’t get to see him much. He ended up totaling his car and not paying rent, so he moved back home with Scott. Bobby moving back in helped to strengthen their relationship as brothers because they were able to spend more time together. A couple of the things they did to bond was, racing slot cars, going to the music store together, Bobby giving Scott advice on girls, and most importantly, Bobby admitting to Scott that he couldn’t read. The fact that Bobby couldn’t read and actually admitted it to Scott was the climax of their relationship. In the book Bobby said “‘You happy now? I’m stupid. Okay. Is that what you wanted to know? Does that make you feel good? You’re smart and I’m stupid’” (Lubar 225). Bobby was very brave to admit this to Scott because, number one, Scott loved to read, and number two, Bobby was an adult and had already graduated high school. This proves that Scott changed a lot because him and his brother built a stronger connection than they ever had before, and Bobby told him his biggest secret, that his parents didn’t even know about.
Although Scott has changed in many different ways, some people would argue that it was in fact, Wesley, who changed the most.

Wesley did change a lot. He stopped taking kids lunch money and he made friends with two freshman. However, Scott changed the most because he changed for more reasons than Wesley. Although Wesley did stop taking kids lunch money, he still continued to do bad things like at the end of the book when he went to the principals office and changed the grades. Not to mention, Scott was the one to tell him to stop taking money. He also made friends with Scott and Lee, but so did Scott, so they are equal on that one. But, Scott built a better relationship with Bobby and was told his biggest secret, which shows how strong their relationship got. Overall, Scott changed more because he changed for more reasons than Wesley, and he was also able to stay with these changes, instead of going backwards like Wesley did with changing the

grades.
In his first year of high school, Scott experienced many changes. He went from being betrayed by friends to making two new and great ones, and from having a weak relationship with his brother, to a strong one. Scott lost all his friends, which was terrible for him. But, he was able to make new, true, friends who cared about him and who he would make many great memories with in the future. Also, Scott didn’t have a great relationship with his brother Bobby until Bobby moved back in. Once Bobby moved in, they bonded in many different ways and were able to develop a stronger relationship. Scott has shown just how much someone can change their freshman year.