Color Me Plaid

By Charly Manlove

New girl, Halley Shields, accidentally causes a revolution after being reprimanded for personalizing her school uniform. But when Halley and her artistic friends learn that their school is cutting its art programs, they unite their creative talents to stand up for an even greater cause.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Charly Manlove
• Release date: Nov 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781311423290

Charly Manlove

Charly Manlove's mission is hope. She writes to inspire and encourage dreamers to pursue their hearts desire without limits.To contact me, please send me an email at: [e-mail].

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COLOR ME PLAID

Copyright 2013

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Photos by Billy Alexander and Dora Pete

Chapter One

Halley Shields stretched out her legs on the chilled hallway floor as she sat in front of her locker. In her lap, her pencil scratched the thick paper of her pad, sketching a picture of her family's car cruising down a vacant road. She started it on the drive to their new city not wanting to look up while her old city blurred past her through the window.

This was hard, having to leave home and arrive at this new town with new people. No one to talk to but her parents and older brother who paid more attention to video games than his real life girlfriend. It's no fun being tossed into a brand new school with brand new classmates, subjects, and teachers. She wanted to fit in. She wanted people to like her. She wanted them to think she was humorous, charismatic, and fun enough to hang out at all the cool spots everyone liked. That was going to be difficult to accomplish when no one even knew her name.

She tugged at the itchy lapel of her new maroon blazer. One point against this school went to its uniform policy. At least at her previous school—which she was ripped away from against her will—she had freedom of apparel and pleated plaid skirts were optional not required. High school is the pivotal year of identity, and being forced to wear the same outfit as everyone else every day didn't make her feel like much of an individual. Artists were supposed to be expressive, innovative, and creative. In that uniform she felt restricted, stuffy, and certain that at any moment she would be asked to usher someone to his or her seat.

Aside from its strict fashion limitations, this school had one major plus. According to its website, and other sources she found online during her thorough research, Duplex High had some