"I was thirteen the first time I saw a police officer up close. He was arresting for driving without a license was. I wasn't too clear on what being arrested meant either" (Chapter One, p. 1).

"Rain always said that anger upsets the balance inside a person. So when you yell at somebody, you're attacking yourself more than whoever it is you're yelling at" (Chapter One, p. 2).

"Not that I was nobody last year. I was still probably the most happening seventh grader in the place, But really isn't your school until you're a senior" (Chapter Three, p. 14).

"Hugh Winkleman you're a lucky man. With the arrival of this new kid, all the losers in school were bumped down one space.Never before had anyone screamed for the job of eighth grade president like Capicorn Anderson" (Chapter Three, pg. 17).

"True Information isn't the same as experience. You know what...