Hey there! I'm Laura; but my friends named me Hype, because I love causing trouble for the Delanceys, even if the boys tell me not to. Oscar Delancy; I think of him as a lunatic that loves brass knuckles. Morris, on the other hand can be gentle and loving on his good days, thought they rarely come anymore. Poor for them, I really don't know about their family history but I hear their uncle is who gives us our papes in the morning. He ain't a good guy, but I guess he's okay. I promise you that don't like being corrected, but I'll accept it. I love to laugh a lot when someone gets hurt, and do fun stuff with my friends Sketch and Butter Fingas. Smalls and I go as far as Brooklyn to Santa Fe. Butta Fingas and I have been friends ever since she introduced me to the Delanceys, one of the worst days of my life. I got too old to live on the outskirts of a big city, but I guess it is okay. So I went to the city in search of a new life. That wasn't really easy, first off you had to be uh, maybe 15 to get a job, but I hear someone's little brother named Les got a job as what people call "Newsies". Now, most people think it's a male's job but everything is nowadays; but the girls are the ones that work in factories. Unlike a smarty named Katherine Plumber. She works for "The World" newspaper; one of my favorite jobs. I always wanted a writing job, but my family couldn't afford to send me to school. That's why we didn't live in the big city. That was before Mom and Dad died of Living in the cold, I guess their old bodies couldn't rough it out until summer. I guess that's okay, they didn't leave me all by myself; I had my big brother named Sammy Joe. Now, he left before he knew mom and dad passed. I don't know what he is doing now. Hopefully he has a better life. A Newsie's lifestyle can change you for good. Wake up early; meet people; make friends and sell papes. Butter Fingas a Sketch and Smalls usually help out the new ones, like me. Now I don't really care about finding Love in the city, but rumor has it that Davey and Sketch have a thing going on. Butter Fingas and Mike also might have something; but all I know is that if I want to keep her as my friend; I can only bother Oscar and hope Mike never finds out. I kinda Like Oscar though, so tough and he can defend himself. Although I like someone with humor I think he can be a good guy; as long as he controls his brass knuckles…My favorite Newsie that is a guy is probably Albert. He sometimes likes to take Race's cigars or steal Spec's glasses as a joke. He usually hades em off to me so I can hide them better; boys can't come into the girls side of the Lodging house; unless you have permission. On my first day at in the dining room I met a guy named Spot. He loves being sarcastic and he loves messing with the Delanceys, nut sometimes he can take it too far. A black eye here, a broken arm there; no wonder he has a mouth.