What A MESS

Abstract

This thesis represents the first eight chapters of what will ultimately become a young adult novel. An outline for the remaining novel appears at the end of this thesis. What a MESS begins on move-in day of the Fall semester. College is rough as is, but for these five girls, life is about to get even rougher. As different as they may be, Mary, Evan, Jessica, Sara, and Gabrielle have one thing in common, suite 204 in Century Hall, at Westerly Connecticut State University. As they embark on what they will surely remember as the semester from hell, they each encounter hysterical mishaps, awkward situations and some are forced to make life-altering decisions. Though an extremely unlikely bunch, they'll soon learn that they need one another at some point, for better or for worse.