I'm so disgusting,' I try to argue, but his hands and his voice and his marble mother's eyes won't let it be true anymore.
'No,' he says. 'You're beautiful.

“Nah,' I tell her after a while. 'He is more like a brother, you know?'The good …”

“He apologized when I was twelve. He was crying. I don't like to remember that. …”

“Secret Saturdays ought to be required reading at middle schools everywhere. Mal…”

“China puts her hand on my palm. Her fingernails are baby blue with miniature cl…”