An Analytic Fact Check on My Third Grade Chapter Books

Where 8-year-old Rachel took creative liberties vs. what really happened

Valintine Dance

BY RACHEL MARSH

P. 1: It was time to go to the Valentine Dance and I was so excited!

P. 2: When I got there, I saw Alice (she’s my friend) I decided to say hi.

P. 3: When Alice saw me she said that she wanted to get some refreshments, so we did.

P. 4: After that, we danced and danced and danced.

P. 5: Then I was really tired so I sat down for a while.

P. 6: But I didn’t sit long because I really wanted to dance!

P. 7: Soon it was time to go. I was really disappointed but I was tired too.

What really happened at the Valintine Dance

Alice is the protagonist of this story, but what’s interesting is that Alice and I were never very good friends.

She was a lot cooler than me — at one point during the year, everyone in our grade had to do a presentation as a historical figure and her Patrick Henry presentation was so good, the teachers asked her to do it in front of all the third grade classes.