"All I needed was handcuffs. If my wrists had been chained to the seat, the scene could have been taken straight from one of those movies where they show the bus bringing the new guy to the prison" (Part 1, Welcome to Edgeview: Off the Bus and Into Trouble, p. 3).

"I imagined dozens of kids locked in dungeons, dangling from chains while a huge, sweaty guy wearing a leather apron heated up torture tools" (Part 1, Welcome to Edgeview: Taking the Tour, p. 16).

"By the time I'd choked down half the macaroni, I had the whole place figured out. Except for one person" (Part 1, Welcome to Edgeview: What's Short and Smart and Fun to Tease, pg. 30).

"On the other hand, it's amazing what adults can do when they set their minds to it" (Part 1, Welcome to Edgeview: A Little More Class, p. 47).

"If my arrival at Edgeview reminded me of...