Author's Note:This is my prediction piece. I was trying to work on body paragraphs and sentence fluency.
Imagine yourself having to choose between your parents or your siblings to live with for the rest of your life. But, the other thing is, you're dead. You have to go live in a place where your surrounded by dead people. In the book, Radiance, by Alyson Noel, a young girl named Riley, is torn between living with her sister or parents for the rest of her life. After choosing her parents, she lives in a place called Here and Now. There is no time at Here and Now , because everything is at the time of Now. Riley is used to eating, showering, and having a normal life. Well, now she gets to manifest anything she wants, doesn't have to shower, and doesn't have to eat (although she still does because she likes the the taste of pop tarts). Sadly for her, she still has to go to school. I predict that Riley is not going to fit in at her new school and she will be a social outcast until she meets a boy of some kind. Also, that she will become used to her new life and forget about her old.
The reason I think Riley won't fit in her new school is because she just moved to Here and Now, and she is still trying to get used to everything and how it all works. Sure that's how all stories normally are, but for some odd reason, I feel like Riley just won't cope with the fact that she can't go back to living a normal life. The first day of her new school, she sits right in front of the teacher and next to a nerd. Riley is a strong minded individual, so she judges the nerd by saying "move over geek", and, "do you mind?!". What she doesn't know is that this "nerd" could really be a big source in her new life. Riley is still shaken up by this whole situation. I would be too though if I was in her shoes. I wouldn't know what to do I would want to die, but I would already be dead.
By the time Riley settles down and gets used to her new life she will forget about her old one. One reason I think this is because Riley's character seems like a type of person to get attached to something and forget about what she first started with. I sometimes am like this because I get too happy with what I am currently living with or doing, and then I forget what I first started with. Second reason, it says in the book that Riley is a person to forget her past. So with that being said, it makes it pretty darn clear to me that Riley will forget about her old friends,home,and life as time goes on. She will realize that her new life isn't as bad as she thinks it is and she will move on from her old life.
When Riley meets the "Radiant boy" she realizes that he is very strange at first. She thinks this because he has glasses and he skateboards. What she doesn't realize is that he knows a lot about Here and Now and that he is her guide for this place. She gives him a hard time at first and teases him. But then she gets a little vision of her and him walking together and he doesn't have his glasses on and she thinks he's a cute boy. Then she snaps out of her vision and goes back to being Ms. Sassypants. Later on in the book Riley figures out that this "nerd" might be a great friend to have. I think that she will want to be more than friends and she will fall in love with him. At the end, I think that they will end up together and she will regret being so cruel to him at first. Just remember, don't judge a book by it's cover.
In conclusion, I think my predictions will end up more than likely to happen because the genre is a fairy tale. Remember that vision I said in the beginning? Well think about it now, did your decision change at all? I would have went with my parents just like Riley did. Lastly, don't judge a book by it's cover, don't be afraid of change, and always stay true to yourself!
