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Chapter 1

Snakeman


The first chapter of Snakeman is about Cathy and that she is new in her school. It is her first school day on the Portland High and she wants to give her best to make a good impression, because on her schools before she was an outsider but she likes to be in groups and with People. She is again at a new school this is her third school in the past four or five years. This was really hard for her. On her first school day she makes an opinion of the teacher. She likes the most teachers like her Spanish teacher and her Chemistry teacher. But she did not like her math teacher, the reason of this was not the teacher but the subject. After her first hours, a boy Jamie Hanson came to her for the school newspaper because he want to ask her some question about her. She said yes and after the break they meet each other and he asked her some question about her hobbies like riding and reading. After the interview Jamie asks Cathy whether she want to work for the school newspaper. Actually she wants to say yes but she has an excuse to say no. She has not enough time yet. However she want to say yes, he goes.


Chapter 2

The second chapter of Snakeman is about the first encounter between Cathy and the Snakeman. After the School he Comes to her. She stands at her locker. He and two of his friends stand next to her and said nothing. Cathy introduce herself but he already know her because she is a member of his club. However she didn’t signs up for any list but he signs her up. He invites her for his meetings with the whole club right there, every week. Than he want payment from Cathy because she is now a club member and she has to pay dues every week. He wants to have five dollars every week. But Cathy doesn’t like that and she get very angry but the boys don’t care. The boy said that he hates people without respect and catchs her arms. Cathy wants to struggle, so she brings her knee between his legs but he wears a cup. He says often that cooperation is the magic word. After that he talks about her brother Mike and he says to her that he know everything about her. At the end Cathy gives the five dollar to the Snakeman.question but she couldn’t say the whole truth about her first day at school. She talks about the teacher and the kids in her class. Around the time Cathy talked about her school day Mike shoving a large sandwich into his mouth and washed it down wit


Chapter 3


The third chapter of Snakeman deals with Cathy and her family. She is on her way in the bus but she feels not well, her eyes turnes within, on the scene in the school with the Snakeman. Everybody in the bus feel that Cathy isn’t well but nobody talk to her. As she arrives at home, her brother Mike asks her about the first day in school. Cathy is ready for the h a liter of milk. As he finishs, he moves for the door and got his bike. He drives to play some basketball. She has happy that Mike goes because she wants to be alone with her thoughts. She is not sure if she tells this her mother. Normally she tells her everything but not today. After her mother came at home she tells her everything about her problems on her work. Than she goes to her room and she makes some thought about how she could deal with her enemy. But first, she wants a chance to know her school better.


Chapter 4


Chapter four of Snakeman is about Cathy who meets with the Snakeman and Jamie. The Snakeman is Cathy’s private name for him. She has decids a strategy of non-restiance. She thinks this is the best and first it worked well. But after while Cathy begins to notice change. The Snakeman looks at her really awkward like he wanted to say or do something with her. She think that she makes his work too easy. Suddenly he says that she has a nice necklace. Cathy lias as she says the necklace isn’t real. But the Snakeman want to have the necklace because he has a good friend and he can tell them whether it’s real or not. After a little debate, Cathy gives him the necklace. After she does that, she realized that she gives him her valuable necklace.

After she is at home the telephone rang, it is Jamie from the school newspaper. He asks her again whether she would work at the school news paper. Cathy knos from the beginning that she would say yes but at first she says no because she want to talk with Jamie. After she says yes, Jamie is delighted. Now she would a hard look around and search for people, pupils or teachers she could trust because she must be careful about which people she talks to.


Chapter 5


In chapter five talks Cathy with he Principal and wants to see whether the principal is a good person to talk. As she goes in the room from the pricipal he is nice as always. He leaves the school next year and he works 20 years there. He makes the impression as he has a feeling of pride in a job well done as a pricipal. He is like a friend for the students. His door is always open and you can talk with him about everything like questions or problems. But something of him makes Cathy unsure. Is it because he is always seemed to be such a big hurry? She doesn‘t know. There is something weird on him too. He says that communication is very important but he doesn‘t have enough time for communication. But is it diffrent if you have a appointment with him. The appointment has fifteen minutes but it was only small talk. He sees very friendly but something about him that warned Cathy to say nothing to him about the snakeman. He is very nervous but what is makes him so nervous? After this impression Cathy is sure that she doesn‘t want to talk with him.


Chapter 6


In this Chapter wants Cathy makes sure that Hal is one of the guys she can trust. Cathy makes a list with three categories of pupils and teacher: those she fells she could trust, those she couldn‘t trust and those she isn‘t sure about. High on the list of those she thinks she could trust is Mr. Black or quickly Hal. She decids to start with him so she makes a appointment with him and she tells him that her necklace is stolen The impression of him isn‘t like in the cafeteria , where he often sits with pupils. He sees easy-going and very friendly. That she knows that he is the right for her he musts gives her a feeling that she is not wasting time with him. But his face is only worried looks with such a little think. She doesn‘t have the feeling that he is one of those who can help her with her big problem. After she goes out of the office she cross Mr. Black from the list.


Chapter 7


In chapter seven tells Cathy her mom Eileen about the Sankeman. She is sure that her mom is one of the persons she can trust. She begins to say that her necklace is stolen but this is a lie. She tells her Mom that that she lies to her. The tells her that the Snakeman wants money from her. And seh is not the only one who is on the list. A junior and a freshman have the same problem but they are too scared to talk with somebody about the Snakeman so they make what the Snakeman wants. Because if someone say something about that he will punish them. Eileen asks her why she doesn‘t come earlyer to her but Cahy thinks that she can handle it by herself. She only wants to talk with somebody which she can trust and the Principal is not on her list. Eileen says that she always help her with everything and if this get badder she needs to come to her. She says her mom that she only talks to people she can to 100% trust. Now she wants to look up for more people who can help her with the big problem.


Chapter 8


Chapter eight is about a trip with Jamie and Cathy. Of course searchs Cathy more pupils or teacher whos she can trust. The list gets bigger. After she thinks about her list she mets Jamie. Jamie asks her to goes canoeing with him. Cathy says yes because she loves the outdoor and likes to canoeing because she know how to handle it. But she says to Jamie that the has never done this before. Jamie is surprises about how good she can handle with the canoe. Not so long ago they hears the first angry sounds so they know that a Bad storm comes. But they don‘t get the canoe in control so they fall in the water. After they reachs at the ground, they search a good place to realx. At this place they eat a fish. Wet their clothes to their campfire to dry. After they massage each other they have a tickle party.At the party they go to the river again. But there are a lot of animals so Cathy saves Jamie. They are move in the direction of the setting sun. They paddle straight into a painting by Van Gogh because it looks very cool and awsome. When they pull the canoe out of the water they stand really close to each other. Cathy fell really close to Jamie but after this day she fells even stronger for him as only a team. At the moment Cathy says something in Jamies ear, he hold Cathy in her arms and kiss her.


Chapter 9

Chapter nine is about a very special meet between Cathy and the Snakeman. This time looks the Snakeman weird at her. Suddenly he asks her about tattoos and if she wants them. She thoughts about it, she is carefully because she is surprised about such a personal question. After this the Snakeman shows his tattoo. His tattoo is a dragon which breathing fire. She thinks it looks really cool. He says that Cathy would look good with a tattoo. Then he asks her about choppers. She lies as she says that she already have been one of that. Than he asks her which model the chopper is. She answers with a Hartley but the right one has to be a Harley Davidson. She hopes that he ignore her mistake. After that he invites her to go on a ride with his Harley. She says that she will first ask her mother. Than she realizes that the Snakeman doesn’t want her valuable things or her money. He wants her! She doesn’t know what she can do now, but after a while she has a idea.



Chapter 10


This Chapter is about a bad dream from Cathy. In this dream she goes on the ride with the Snakeman. He rides with her somewhere in the country. There is only a farm. After a while they come to the woods. It looks dark and dangerous. Cathy fells nervous.But there was one big question, where are there going to? Cathy thinks there will go to a mountain because he says something about a mountain. With every single meter she air is going to be badder. It was hard to breathe for her. At the finish Cathy takes of her helmet.She looks around the mountain, it looks beautiful. She wants to show her his school, the Portland High. He wants that this should be there school. He wants to kiss her bute she doesn‘t want. He knows something about Jamie and Cathy so he get very angry because he wants that she is his girl. After that he pulled off the helmet. It is a snakehead. He crapps her. She wants to run away and scream but she can‘t. It is so bad that she screams. But than she realize it is only a dream. Her Mom Eileen is shocks too.



Chapter 11

This Chapter is about Cathy and that she finally tells Jamie the truth about the Snakeman. At the staff meeting of the guys from the school newspaper wants Cathy talk with Jamie about the Snakeman. She doesn‘t tells it Jamie because she is afraid of ruin their friendship. But Jamie wants to help her. She told him everything from the beginning till the end, like the dream. She tells him that she wants to make a team and she searchs people who can help her with her big problem. Jamie suggest to talk with the principal or with a counselors teacher. She already talks with the principal and Mr. Black. But there both can‘t help her because it seems like there both know about that but they don‘t care. Cathy has a good idea. She wants to say everybody about his gang and that the school is dangerous. If everybody say that, the ,,ideal school‘‘ would be derstroyed so the principal will do something about that. It is their only chance. Jamie wants to help her but he doesn‘t know how so he deal with it and he will help her. But he says that she doesn‘t get the hopes too high.


Chapter 12

Chapter 12 of Snakeman is about a short meeting between Cathy, Jamie and Ms. Southerland. The first impression of Ms. Southerland is a little bit awkward for Cathy, because she thinks about a much younger women. At first they have a little smalltalk but then Cathy talks about her idea for the issue for The Bacon. Ms. Southerland says at the beginning nothing. But at the end she says no, because Cathy has no proofs and this could be the school in a bad light stand. To continue she doesn’t want to make the principal because this is his last year after 20 years. Furthermore she claim that Cathy reacts way too strongly. Cathy thinks that Jamie could be a help for her, but he isn’t. He talks like a parrot. After the meeting, Cathy goes angry of the room. She is very disappointed.


Chapter 13

In Chapter 13 talks Cathy finally again with Jamie. They meet each other at a cafeteria after a large pizza. Cathy shows him her new tattoo of a dragon. She says to Jamie that this is for her date with the Snakeman. Jamie doesn’t like it, because he has still feelings for her. But Cathy is really disappointed because Jamie let her down. He tells her, that he is really sad without her and he will have a new chance from her. He is willing to talk again with Ms. Southerland after Cathy says she will break the contact with him, if he doesn’t talk with her again. After the conversation, Cathy wipe her dragon from her arm.


Chapter 14

In Chapter 14 are Cathy and Jamie talking about a new plan because Ms. Southerland disagree with the idea of the Snakeman. They want to make it furtive of the cover on the bacon like without Ms. Southerlands permission. But they have to be careful because they taking a big risk with that. However Cathy was very happy that Jamie wants to help her.


Chapter 15


In Chapter 15 are Jamie and Cathy fetch the newspapers. But before that, they need bodyguards and Cathy and Jamie find them. There is not time to lose for The Bacon. By the way tells Cathy and Jamie that this job could be very dangerous if the Snakeman or his gang find out, they could fight with them and they could hurt some people. The bodyguards have one job. They need to make sure that nothing stopped the sale of the newspaper. After that, the school carrys the packages. Everything is ready. The pupils stand there with their money. But later that afternoon in the middle of Spanish class come the principal. He wants Cathy and Jamie. They knows what happening to them.


Chapter 16

Chapter 16 is about the meeting between Cathy, the principal, Jamie and Ms. Southerland. They are really angry because of The Bacon. Because of the Bacon, they have discuss. The Principal get angrier and angrier. Suddenly the phone rings. At the phone was Mayor Simpsons, he knows about The Bacon. They informs the police to catch the Snakeman and his gang. After the pone calling, he says that he knows whats going on in his school and about the gang. And he sees it as big mistake with doing nothing about it. The job as principal isn’t easy for him and he couldn’t stop it. And Ms. Southerland knows it too but she doesn’t want to make it good. They ask they for forgivness. Cathy is very happy that they realize the mistake and she forgive them. The Snakeman and his gang will be expelled from the school as soon as possible But they need the help from Cathy to get in touch with him. They are really proud of her.


Chapter 17


In the last Chapter of Snakeman is the Snakeman lost. Nobody can find him in school at his home or in the city. But he isn‘t gone in her dreams. After that Cathy opens a group from victims. At first there are not so much pupils but later come over twenty people. Everybody talks about there experience with the Snakeman. At the beginning everybody was very quiet and shy but after a while everybody wants to talk whats happened to them. But the thought that the Snakeman is fall in Love with Cathy won’t go. The final meeting from the group was a party with music. Everyone have a good time. Except Cathy. After a while Cathy see a article about the Snakeman and that he killed himself with drugs. She was so shocked that she stars to cry. And in the end she hug a long time with Jamie.