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 \n“NO just grab some underwear otherwisewell be late for play practice then I won't get to goover to Jessica's house later\".  \n“I don't care about Jessica I want my Elmounderwear\".  \n“Ok but Steve is not going to give youicecream\".“You’re lying\".  \n\"No I'm not,would you please just shut up\".  \n“MOM,Alice told me to shut up”.  \n“Ok Carl I will talk to her but you need to getready and leave”.  \n“Ok by love you mom and dad”.  \n“Gosh you guys argue so much”.  \n“Who cares Maddie why don't you just closeyour mouth”?  \nWhen Kevin,Alice,Maddie,and Carl got toplay practice they realized that they had been late  \nso Alice had to call her mom and tell her that theywere late but Alice didn't only tell that they werelate Alice blamed it all on Kevin.Kevin was so madhe ran home screaming bloody murder and it feltto him like it didn't stop for 1 day.Kevin could notstand his family so he ran away and met up withhis three friends that had the same problems asKevin.Their names were Lucas Lane,Wyatt Lane,and Drew Lane.His family was about to call thecops when Alice had just told her mom that shetold a lie and made him run away and that he waswith his friends.All Kevin ever talked about in theclub was how his family was doing and what kindof problems have been going on in his house.  \nWhen Kevin got home it was 2:00 am onFriday and Alice was gone at Jasmine's house.Kevin couldn't wait to get up because his birthdaywas in the morning.Kevin didn't just like hisbirthday because of presents but because  \neveryone at school had to be nice to him.WhenKevin got to school all of the kids that bullied himwouldn't even resist fighting him.Kevin was soexcited that he forgot to bring treats for his whole  \nclass.Kevin didn't know what to do so he asked histeacher,Mrs.Emily what he should do and shedidn't know what to do so Mrs.Emily gave Kevintreats so that he wouldn't get made fun of.Whenit came time to eat the treats all the kids thoughtthat they were the best treats they had ever had.Kevin was so happy that he gave his teacher a hugright in front of the class and did not care if allofthe people in his class made fun of him.  \nWhen Kevin got home he tossed all of hisschool supplies inside and ran out the door to gofind his club friends and tell them what a great dayhe had at school.When Kevin went to go findWyatt,Kevin nocked on the door Wyatt's parentshad told Kevin that Wyatt was in the hospitalbecause he had just got bitten by a shark on hiships and that he might not be able to live.  \n“NOO00”screamed Kevin.Why does the worldhave to do this?Kevin was so mad that he ran tothe hospital and stayed the night and did not tellhis parents that he was there.Kevin had spent thenight in the hospital for 3 days now.His parentswere so scared that they had to call 911.  \nThe police ended up finding Kevin and takinghim home.When Kevin got home Kevin's momyelled at him and told him that he was groundedfor 2 whole weeks.Kevin resisted going upstairsand instead he told his mom the disaster that hadhappened to Wyatt Lane.After Kevin had told hismom his mom fell into tears and u","cbCaifmjsfZFNuva","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifmjsfZFNuva","pdf",1946276,46,"English","# Chapter 1: Kevin's hard life\n## Kevin's daily struggles and birthday relief\n## Wyatt's accident, funeral, and the club’s collapse\n# Chapter 2: apocalypse","[{\"question\":\"Why does Kevin run away and meet other friends?\",\"answer\":\"Kevin cannot stand his family’s problems and feels trapped by constant conflict. 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