"Mommy, please don't be mad" (Chapter 2, p. 17).

"She saw her picture on the milk carton" (Chapter 4, p. 30).

"Be brave, honey. It'll be a long day, but each day will be easier" (Chapter 6, p. 39).

"If you had ever looked across the bedroom when Jodie was doing her homework, you would have noticed she wasn't using an alphabet" (Chapter 8, p. 53).

"In this field of wrongs, there has to be a right somewhere. And it's right for you to be back with your real family" (Chapter 10, p. 70).

"When I was in junior high, I thought boys should live in a zoo and have keepers" (Chapter 12, p. 80).

"I think I wanted to go" (Chapter 13, p. 89).

"If the day came when you could get in touch, we had to be here" (Chapter 14, p. 94).

"I love my parents, and they're not you, and it's time to go home" (Chapter 16, p. 112).

"I refuse to share...