"But she knew she wasn't any better than the haters who'd picked on Osrick. It was why she was sitting alone right now" (p. 5).

"When Osrick dressed in wacky clothes, students laughed and made fun of him, but if Jack decided to wear pajamas to school, Arielle noticed, everybody thought it was really cool. She wondered why Jack could get away with it, but Osrick couldn't" (p. 15).

"She gazed at the gleaming stainless-steel refrigerator and stove, the sleek, built-in dishwasher, the marble counters, and the shiny copper pots and pans hanging from hooks in the ceiling, but she felt no pride. Her stapfather made it clear that all of that, as well as the lush white carpets and the original oil paintings on the wall, and she and her mom — belonged to him" (p. 28).

"'Gotta call Doc Stinson,' he muttered. Of course, he wasn't even sure...