📖Recommend for Grades 8 and up📖
by Adi Alsaid
Every year the students of Central International School look forward to lock-in night, and the magical feel students have. Little do the staff and all but five students know, this lock-in night involves students actually being locked in for real. Sadden and angered by the earth's changing climate and the effects on her beloved coral reefs, Marisa Cuevas decides to take action. She is the one who organized this protest where she and four other students chained themselves to the doors until demands are met. This protest receives mixed reactions from confused parents, students angered by the change in plans, and some rallying to Marisa's side.
This story gives perspectives from many students in third-person narration. These students both locked inside the school and a couple who were outside when the doors closed. Certain characters are more likable than others, but even those readers can't stand playing significant roles. The level of protest may come across as unrealistic in Marisa's amount of preparedness and the faculty's lack of being able to unlock the students safely. Readers will be left wondering how they think they would feel and react if they were part of the lock-in.
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