And this was what I got for my effort, because girls like me didn’t ace impossible exams.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1)

Importance: The principal’s treatment of Avery when she made a perfect score on a test her teacher believed was too hard for anyone to make a perfect score demonstrates what life was like for Avery before she inherited Tobias’ money. Avery was highly intelligent, but made a habit of being invisible. She did her best not to call attention to herself. She had studied for the test only because the teacher said no one could get a perfect score. She had wanted to see what she could do if she applied herself.

Daddy was never the same after Toby died,’ Zara continued.
-- Zara (Chapter 9)

Importance: Zara gives Avery important background about the family when she shares that her brother, Toby, died. Skye, however, argues that Toby disappeared. Avery discovers later that Tobias changed his will...