This book combines a diary of a girl together with a sequel after the diary ends. No spoilers, read on.
Storyline: Valerie

Rebecca was an average girl at first

A boy called Joshua confessed his love towards her

as this was the first incident of this kind that had happened to her, she struggled a lot and was scared and unsure of what to do

Started to like Joshua but was still scared as this was her first relationship and was worried her parents might object since she was told many times not to have boy-girl relationships

Relationship develops

Mum suddenly passed away

Rebecca needed someone to console her and no one in her family could help as they were overwhelmed with grief too

Mrs Toh, her form teacher told the class and after knowing about it, her friends and Joshua consoled her

Joshua sent her a card and spent time with her, making her feel much better

Turning Point: Rebecca started to have the perception that boys/male company was better than her friends’ and started becoming boy-crazy and obsessed with love to escape her sorrow

Rebecca confesses her love to Joshua

In the following days, she starts talking about dates and obsesses with her relationship with Joshua by having long talks with him over the phone, writing letters to him and going on many dates

This affects her family time, relationships with friends and her studies

Rebecca also starts bragging to her friends about her relationship with Joshua, even though some of her friends do have boyfriends too. This makes them feel annoyed.

Rebecca felt that Joshua didn’t give her much attention so started to flirt and hang out with other boys because she yearns for attention

Rebecca thinks that there is no use hanging out with girls and so deserts her friends

Joshua, hurt, decided to dump her by writing her a letter showing his disappointment and sadness and also a poem. He is not really angry with her and only expects an apology. However, Rebecca misunderstands and think’s he is very horrible for just dumping her like that.

Rebecca is at first sad, then angry, and then desperate as she tries to find another such boyfriend to fill the empty space in her heart

Starts going overboard and flirting with many guys. In trying to show she is cool and has a great influence, she gossips and teases Kim, a fat girl in class. She also demands money from her Dad to buy clothes and make-up so she will look attractive when she goes out shopping or goes for dates.

Rebecca also starts skipping her tuition which she had regularly attended before

Rebecca moves on from single boys in class to her friends’ and classmates’ boyfriends

Her friends and classmates start to hate her now

Next, Rebecca focuses on the hottest guy in class which was Mark, Sherlyn’s boyfriend.

Mark is very much attracted to Rebecca and dumps Sherlyn for her.

Sherlyn is extremely angry and so she and her friends are mean to Rebecca and try to break Mark and Rebecca’s relationship up. HOW: creating misunderstandings, conflicts

After breaking up, all the boys left her when they found out she was boy-crazy, her friends deserted her, her family were not on good terms with her (siblings didn’t like her, father did not talk to her as he was angry over her skipping tuition and taking money from him)

Rebecca is at a total loss and starts having suicidal thoughts (thinks about her Mum and of joining her in heaven)

Rebecca also became reclusive and did not mix around with anybody

On the day she wants to commit suicide, no one else but the fat girl went to help her and console her. This made Rebecca feel guilty for treating the fat girl badly before, and she realised that the people around her mattered most and also realised she must stop being so bad.

Last post: On her birthday, she decides she is going to change for the better.

Character List

Rebecca Sim
Main character and author of diary entries
15 years old, studies in a co-ed school
Average physical appearance
At first: good character, kind, obedient
After: became boy-crazy, annoying, proud, arrogant, judgmental

Joshua
Rebecca’s first boyfriend
In same class as Rebecca
Reasonably good looks
Quiet, mature, sincere, caring, good in studies
Serious in relationship with Rebecca

Others
Father: Mr. Sim
Siblings: Anna and Daniel
Rebecca’s Friends: Lisa, Amanda, Xue Ming, Hannah
Sherlyn’s Friends: Charmaine, Jeraldyn, Yu Ting
Boys in class: Jonathon, Mark, Kevin, Guo Hui
Fat Girl: Kim
Teachers: Mrs. Toh (form teacher), Madam Rosanne (subject teacher)
Tuition Teachers: Mr. Goh, Miss Ng, Mrs Lim

Workload:

Valerie and Kay Yi

Edit OR delete some irrelevant posts
Do character list
Do story outline
Write our own advice to teens

Valerie
Research: poetry of famous poets
Writing of book
Include some short posts written by her friends and family members after her suicide

Kay Yi
Research: articles on how to deal with emotions and emotional stress and just plain stress
Research: articles by researchers on emotional stress
Research: pictures for the book and entry posts
Research: articles on the after-effects of suicides

Isaac
Completion of Website
Compiling of information


I'M SO GOING TO KILL YOU FOR WRITING THIS, JUNIOR !!