Little Metal Boxes

What was Amanda’s locker like? Did anyone ever see it? Did she even have one???

18 responses

1. LittleStar 08.20.2010

   Ummm….. I Don’t know if this helps but on our first soccer game, Amanda had forgotten her jersey in her gym locker (not her actual school locker, but her gym locker), I said I would come and help her so we were laughing down the hallways until we hit the gym locker rooms. I found this out:
   Gym Locker Number: 182
   Gym Locker Combination: 9-3-5, Also if you follow this pattern A-1, B-2, C-3 her locker combination spells out I-C-E, don’t know if that helps.
   Stuff Inside Her Gym Locker: Deflated Soccer Ball, The Same Photo When You Open Up This Website (That Graffitti Wall One Of Amanda), 7 Hair Elastics, Her Soccer Jersey (Valentino #8), Stack Of Purple Envelopes, Some Small Pieces Of Chalk, Her Orcale Cards, Some Stuff She Found On The Internet About Cougars, Coyotes, Owls, Bears, Lizards, Raven, Dolphins, Horses, Deers, And Some Other Animals, Some Deflated Birthday Balloons, Her Journal, And Some Other Things Falling Out Of Her Locker (stuff was falling out the sides because it was so full), I Can’t Remember What Else Was In There But If I Do Ill Add It.

   I Think We Should Go And Open Her Gym Locker Since I Know The Combination. Hopefully It’s Still There And She Didn’t Change The Combination.

2. trumpetgirl 08.20.2010

   I never got to see Amanda at her locker, I personally am not sure if she even had one (but she must have if she registered at the school…)

   Remember in Invisible I Amanda left Hal, Callie and Nia their totems drawn on their lockers, and then later the pieces of the ‘Meg knew she had to look harder. Think about IT. -M’ postecard? Well it seems to me the locker is a popular way of communitcating with you guys. However, I am not sure if this means Amanda will continue because of that, or if the fact that she has used your lockers twice will drive her to find another way to share info/clues. She can be pretty unpredictable, so the outcome of this puzzle might give us a little more insight into the mind of Amanda.

3. AllieK 08.20.2010

   I never got to see Amanda’s locker either I’m not sure if she had one.  Maybe she never went to her locker and carried around everything she needed in her bag; she skipped a lot of school days after all.

4. maise123 08.21.2010

   i did see amandas locker and it had hardly anything in it. like it only had two books inside. no decorations at all. weird or what.

5. LittleStar 08.21.2010

   I know she had the gym locker for a fact, but it was mostly sports stuff, and a couple of weird things, I dont think she had a locker for school stuff because she usually carried stuff in her bag and skipped school like what AllieK said.

6. EllaMarie 08.21.2010

   I never went to her locker either. Perhaps, Amanda left her bag somewhere with all her stuff inside. Maybe, someone should somehow find it. And look inside, and see all the Amanda-ish stuff in her bag. It might have some clue, in where she would be hiding. (if we can find it.)

7. BlueRoseGrey 08.22.2010

   I know Amanda had a locker. Not sure which one, specifically, but it was far from mine, since our last names are at different ends of the alphabet. When I saw inside, it was a little like what LittleStar saw—oracle cards, purple envelopes, a bunch of different kinds of purple pens (sparkly, gel, shimmery, silvery, etc etc). She always carried her journal with her, so i never actually saw it INSIDE her locker, but i can assume that she had it in there at some point. She had some pictures of us on the inside, held up with different magnets that had all of the totem animals on them. I just assumed that she loved those animals at the time, but now it makes more sense.

8. Ralyat 08.23.2010

   I saw her locker a few times..like three. 1st, her locker was faaar away from everyone else and she hardly used it. the 1st time I saw it, was my first day @ school. I got lost and happened to walk by. She kept the door close to her and barely stuck her head in like she was hiding something..i managed to take a quick peak. there were envelopes and a sketchbook that looked like some pages were ripped out and all the pages were spray painted purple..the second time she seemed mad when I saw it but idk why..it was completely empty with just a few scraps of paper here and there. The third time was the last day she came to school b4 she disaperd. she was shoving everything into her bag and alot of stuff fell out..what i found shocked me…there were maps of every state,lists of random stuf lik names, oracle cards, envelopes(purple), a list of every kid that went to orion high and any and every school within 10 miles of it,stacks of papers that i couldnt read bcuz they were coded,@ least $10,random pics &drawings;,and a lot of other stuff.it was extremely weird and when i went to help her she told me to go away than quickly apologized.she seemed mad but i helped anywshe did leave a note behind… it was stuck in the side but i couldnt read it or grab it cuz she shut it quickly, but she made sure i saw it.

9. Milana 08.23.2010

   I wasn’t the closest thing Amanda had for a friend.  We talked and hung out together, but I never felt that she liked me.  I say this now because I walked past her at her locker in the hallway and glanced inside.  I didn’t see much- just a flash of purple, a piece of paper taped up on the inside of the door with typing on it, and I think the box that held her oracle cards.  I also saw an adorable teddy bear wrapped in a red ribbon with a purple envelope labled with initials.  I said “Cute bear.  Who’s it for?” and she freaked out.  She slammed the door shut and dropped her books on the floor.  Then Amanda proceeded to yell at me- really unlike her.  The Spanish teacher came and yelled at us, and Amanda shut up.  She seemed keyed-up for the rest of the day.  I couldn’t tell if that was because of me, or if she was already nervous and I just pushed her over the edge.

   It just occured to me- that happened a week or so before she left.  Was the bear a farewell present?

10. tasi96 08.23.2010

    If she had a locker i don’t think she would’ve let people look inside so easily. You can tell a lot about a person by their possessions and amanda is secretive.

11. dem_94 08.23.2010

    Me and Amanda had AP World History together so I walked with her almost everyday, but we only ever stopped by her locker(A315) on three occasions. The first time she opened it as wide as it would go. I got a pretty glance at it. It looked like a typical locker.  Textbooks, notebooks, ect. There were a few decorations. They were all normal stuff. Pictures of animals and things(I’m now thinkging were totems). The one picture that stood out the most was a picture of the original James Bond, Sean Connery(from the movie Dr. No). It took up at least half of her locker space.
    The next time we went to her locker she acted all secretive, and I didn’t get a look at anything in her locker.
    The thrid and final time we went to her locker she had me ask Mr. Casey what the homework was for her class(I found that odd because Amanda was alawys on top of homework and test dates). By the time I was finished she had alreayd shut her locker and was walking toward AP World History.

    Obviously her locker changed from the orgianl James Bond theme, but maybe that can help us. She obviously wanted someone to see it.

12. Purple*Rose 08.26.2010

    i once saw the inside of amandas school locker it had the wizard of oz movie and a purple pen as well as a crystel ball

13. LittleStar 08.27.2010

    Hmmm Intersesting, Very Interesting Lol

14. Conversegirl7 08.27.2010

    Amanda Valentino’s locker was the randomest messiest place i’ve ever seen in my life… No one except her trusted friends were allowed to see it… and even i (close as we were) rarely saw it… I remeber one time she slammed Mark’s hand in the door for trying to grab inside it.  He was reaching for half a twix bar she was “saving for later” amanda was always saving for later… eveything from pencil stubs, to candles, rocks, trees, *keys*, you name it, amanda saved it.  If you want to find something to help you find her in her locker, i’d cuggest looking for something taped to the ceiling or in the back left corner.  When she left she left me a note on the celing and she always said back left corner is the luckiest spot… (her desk location in all classes and her volleyball pos.) :D luck!

15. yzara 09.01.2010

    she might of had one when you lot saw it, but if she is skippin days of school then it could have been confascated. you never know…

16. yzara 09.01.2010

    there must be a reason that she only picked Hal, Nia and Callie.

    What do you think?

17. bearbear101 09.21.2010

    i think that she saw that they were hiding there true selves and wanted 2 help them change but then she saw that callie was hidding more and she wanted to get hal and nia 2 help her reveal her true self

18. RRRules 10.08.2010

    I know I’m late…but do you think she has a fox picture on her locker, like she drew on your lockers?