"Annie, I still can't write, I guess, for I already know I'm not going to mail this" (p. 4).

"It was her eyes I noticed most. They were as black as her hair, and they looked as if there was more behind them than another person could possibly ever know" (p. 8).

"'But you're...' I stopped, realizing I was about to say beautiful - surprised at thinking it, and confused again. Annie's smile deepened as if she's heard my thought, but then she turned away. 'I should go,' she said. 'It's getting late''' ( p. 14).

"If a student breaks a rule he or she is supposed to report himself or herself by writing his or her name and what rule he or she has broken on a piece of paper and putting it into the box next to Ms. Baxter's desk in the office" (p. 27).

"The infections were bad...