Tammy Ranft

Beginning

Lennie sat very quiet as she hid in the small grove of trees in the field between her school and her home. She waited for the shouting and sounds of bicycles to pass and fade before daring to peek around the little bracken that shielded her so many times. What if her secret shelter was discovered? She knew she would never be safe from the bullies that seemed to stalk her every day. Punches, taunts, name calling, it was all just too much to bear.