I told my ma I wouldn't stay there. I told her when she first came up with the idea, and I told her again when she tried to bribe me with the new Xbox. I said it to her all the way down on the bus. Every time she opened her mouth to talk to me I said it:
"I'm not staying down there. You can't make me." (p. 1)

"Aren't you lucky?" I said. I pushed him out of my way. "And listen, snotface. My room is out of bounds, OK? If I catch you in there you're dead meat."
I went into it, leaving him staring after me. My ma came out of his room.
"Don't talk to your brother like that!" she yelled at me.
"He's not my brother!" I yelled back, and slammed my door behind me. (pp 20-21)

The religion didn't cheer my ma...