"I hate school and I'm never going back, not ever, 'cause they didn't let us have snacks and I had to sit still for too long and there was this girl and the other big girl made her cry and the big girl said if we told teacher, she'd get us too and I didn't know what to do so I went by the building with the girl at recess and I helped her cry and now I'm never going back to that bad school again 'cause tomorrow the big girl said she was going to get the girl again (prologue, pg. 6)."

"He likened the sensation to wrapping his arms around a hot stone to warm his freezing body, but as the day progressed, the stone began to get hotter and hotter, until it radiated unbearable heat. Anxiety would come over him then, horrific anxiety that would make...