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Chapter 1

Dear Pen Pal,

Hi, my name is Penny and I live in Omaha, on a farm. I am 12 years old; I will be 13 in a few days. There are chickens and a cow named 'Taz'. I live here with my mother, my father and my older brother and sister. I have green eyes and blond hair and I want to be an actress, when I get out of here. I can't wait to leave here…

I have never had a pen pal before, but we have this program going on at school where the kids in detention have been forced to write to someone for every day they are in detention. And since I lined the ceiling of the girl's bathroom with wet paper towel, I have detention for a month. I do not know who you are of if you too have been forced into this, but we might as well grin and bear it like my pa says.

Well I gotta run, that's the bell for detention, we have a pep rally today

Your new friend in Omaha,

Penny3