I had no idea if he had asked me because he liked me, or if his mom made him (our parents know each other), or because he lost a bet.
-- Narrator (“the jubilee express”: Chapter 1)

Importance: Jubilee’s boyfriend Noah was so perfect that she wondered why he was dating her. She sometimes felt as if he was dating her to fulfill some sort of responsibility.

Your parents weren’t part of it, but they didn’t disperse when the police told them to. They got hauled in with the others.
-- Sam (“the jubilee express”: Chapter 1)

Importance: Sam, the neighborhood lawyer, explained to Jubilee how her parents got arrested along with the other people involved in a scuffle involving the newest addition to the Flobie Santa Village. They were arrested because they did not obey when the police told them to disperse. As a result, Jubilee must go to her grandparents’ house in Florida instead of going to Noah’s house as...