1. What would you do if your school burnt down, and you were the only one to blame?

2. One of the Survivors By: Susan Shaw

3. The fire was only the beginning

4. It turned his life upside down

5. Joey an innocent boy goes to school everyday

6. Maureen Joey’s neighbor Innocent girl

7. One day he was over his grandma’s house and something went terribly wrong

8. The oven caught on fire

10. They all evacuated the house, but their cat was still in there, Preston

11. His mom runs in the get Preston, but doesn’t come out

12. His life turned upside down and his whole personality changes

13. Later that month he was in school, and they just got new fire alarms

14. In his history class, he heard “This is --------- fire drill”

16. He has a bad feeling in his gut, he has to get out of there

17. He gets up in the middle of class and leaves, he takes Maureen with him

18. Once he gets out, the fire engine comes and they go into the building

20. When the fire fighters get out, there are no survivors except for Joey and Maureen

21. All the parents and family members are blaming the fire of Joey and Maureen because they are the only survivors

22. When he gets home and settles, he can’t get the fire off his mind

23. He draws it all out

25. He draws all of his classmates

26. Weeks after the fire, people whose children have died, they come and harass Joey and Maureen

27. They threw dangerous items and put Joey and Maureen in danger

29. Then, his friends funeral is in a few days

31. Joey and Maureen don’t know if they are ready to go and face all the parents or town members

32. The day has come, Joey and Maureen are ready to go to the funeral

33. When Joey gets up to the stadium to talk, he explains everything that happens

34. Everything makes sense now, now everybody understands what has happened that day in history class

35. The audience gets up and starts to clap for him

37. After the funeral the family members and parents are changed

38. Then, they stop harassing Joey and Maureen

40. Later that week Joey and Maureen go back to school

42. The students finally accept him

44. Even now the town members stop bothering them and accept them into their neighborhoods

46. The town members have all learned a very important lesson

47. Never judge a person, if you don’t know their story

49. Sarah Orr January 2013 Period 2 reading