The Fear-Full Adventure

 The Fear-Full Adventure

I am Merrisha Holands.  I am eleven years old, and I live in Moormath  Street in the city of Kerryville.   I have shoulder-length blonde curls and big blue eyes.  I love reading, swinging, doing the monkey bars, and crafting.   I love the smell of cookies on the pan, and brownies in the oven.  I am a normal sixth grader.

OK, I’m not totally normal, but no one is, right?  Let’s just say I have... well..... conditions.  I don’t think the way some people do.  A normal person would see a spider and smash it and scrape it off on the ground.  I freak out and start spraying this really stinky repellent around me.  Yes, I agree, repellent stinks, but it’s better than having spiders crawling up your arms and biting you and sending you to the hospital.  You’ve guessed it, I’m an arachnophobe.  

I’m also a little bit strange when it comes to elevators, and other small spaces without windows.  I don’t see how some people can go into a public bathroom without getting sweaty hands and passing out.  How do some people not feel as though the world is closing in on them?  Yes, I am also a claustrophobe.

You think two fears is enough?  Well, I also get terrified in the dark.  Who else brings a flashlight with them everywhere they go?  Not anyone I know of.  But even though I know it is very irrational to be afraid of the dark,  I can’t stop myself from hyperventilating.

But besides all those irrational fears, my life is pretty normal.  I have to say, not everyone has a life as lucky and easy as I do.  Nothing very bad has ever happened to me.  OK, fine, that’s not entirely true....

Merrisha Holands is eleven years old, and other than three irrational fears, her life is pretty normal.  She has a healthy amount of friends, a good life at home, and she is smart enough that she doesn't get in trouble in school too often.  

But when Merrisha learns that she isn't the only one who is afraid, and that she must go on an amazing journey to save those with fears, Merrisha must face her worst nightmares, and more fear than she thought was possible.