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The (Unhealthy) Breakfast Club

Story Stats

Rating: 5
Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Page count: 20
Categories: Growth & Living, School

Author

Monica
Roe

Appeared in

Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America

Story Summary

On I95, along a stretch dubbed "The Corridor of Shame" due to it's poverty, four high school students meet every morning at the local McDonalds, in the back-corner booth - the only place they can get on the internet and the internet is crucial to their homework and to college entrance exams.