Change is a thing that many human beings go through. This relates to the story, “Freddie In The Shade,” by Pam Muńoz Ryan, because the boy is like any other shy middle schooler having trouble with change. From moving to a new school, and his mother dying, he struggles to keep himself protected from anything else that can happen. At the very beginning of the story, he had no hope, had low confidence, and was standing in the shadows. Freddie can be described or seen as a sneaky person. One action of his that relates to this description is when he stays in his room to avoid interaction with Dad and Maggie. In the story it states, “For weeks Freddie had been hibernating in his room.” This demonstrates that he doesn’t enjoy being home and