We are all facing a battle within ourselves. To keep the demons down so we don't lose it all. Maddie faced this battle while facing the outside battle too. Leaving all her friends and moving to a new town was bad. Having only one friend going into the new year was worse. However, the breaking point was when she was constantly bullied and had her only friend pitted against her. Answer me this after reading the diary of Maddie, would you have done the same thing after going through hell?