What if Sam's heart got broken again? As with most kids who are fourteen, it has been spackled and duct-taped and caulked back together many times as it is. [p. 258]

“He lost the great big outward thing, the good- looking package, and the real pa…”

“Life with most teenagers was like having a low-grade bladder infection. It hurt…”

“Dreadlocks make people wonder if you’re trying to be rebellious.”

“If you have a body, you are entitled to the full range of feelings. It comes wi…”