We'd been trying to touch the sky from the bottom of the ocean.

“Let me tell you something 'bout these rich Uptown folk," said Cokie. "They got …”

“But how can they just decide that we're animals? They don't even know us," I sa…”

“I wasn't certain of anything anymore, except that New Orleans was a faithless f…”

“Tadas was sent to the principal today," announced Jonas at dinner. He wedged a …”