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What Is The Worst That Could Happen By Bruce Coville
In What’s the Worst That Could Happen? by Bruce Coville, Murphy has been thinking that his name and age is unlucky but really once the days go by things are usually not as bad as you think.
When Murphy had a crush on Tiffany, Murphy thought that asking Tiffany out might go as bad as he thinks. Later on, Tiffany asks Murphy to be in a skit for the school and he accepts it. It says here his friend says, “Woah,” he says, nudging me with his elbow. “Progress!” (Coville, 3) So after being asked to be on the skit Murphy might have the chance to ask Tiffany out or get used to talking to her so Murphy can have somewhat the courage to ask her out. After Murphy was asked to be in the skit for Tiffany, Murphy is finally thinking that things aren’t as

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