"It's best to know right from the beginning that my family is hard to follow — like a road that keeps taking twists and turns" (Chapter 1, p. 1).

"Me, I'm good at getting used to things - been doing it all my life" (Chapter 2, p. 13).

"She touched the sides of her black hair like she was adjusting a hat" (Chapter 3, p. 16).

"He'd made me feel like I was one of his girls too" (Chapter 5, p. 31).

"'But don't you think its possible... ' - I twisted up my face - '...that every person is a hero to someone else'" (Chapter 8, p. 46).

"I felt a twinge of sickness inside of me. Mommers was telling lies to Pete" (Chapter 17, p. 87).

"She's kind of an all-or-nothing person, I guess" (Chapter 20, p. 100).

"I remembered us just being normal" (Chapter 21, p. 104).

"That was the thing that bothered me most: the counting-on part" (Chapter 29, p...