Lucy Cross Essay

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A summary of Lucy Cross’ story ”The Sin Bin or Lucy’s Heart” This is my summary of the short story “The Sin Bin or Lucy’s Heart” written by Lucy Cross. The story is about a girl named Lucy, who’s sitting in detention at her school. She doesn’t usually get in trouble at school or gets detention. She’s sitting and painting a heart on some paper while waiting for her release. She’s sitting beside a boy named Simon Parle, which Lucy thinks is really ugly. A teacher called Mr. Paterson is also in the room with her. Mr. Paterson asks Lucy how she got in detention, and if it had anything to do with a girl named Bethan. Lucy denies that it has anything to do with Bethan, but it really does. Bethan has a bad influence on Lucy and she told her to hit Penny Jones to prove that there was nothing in the way of their friendship, and Lucy obeyed her orders. Bethan is talking to a friend of hers outside, and she is proud that she got Lucy to hit Penny. Lucy’s mother doesn’t like Bethan. She knows that she has a bad influence on her daughter, and she thinks that Bethans mother swears too much. Bethan is some kind of role model for Lucy, so she doesn’t know what to do. She liked being the grade-A student and she know that it was bad that she was cruel to Penny Jones, but she also wants to be cool just like Bethan is. As soon as the time is up and Lucy’s free, she’s running out to Bethan to be with
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