«Chloe is just about the loneliest girl in the world. But then she meets Mr. Stink, the local tramp. Yes, he smells a bit -but he’s the only person who’s ever been nice to her.»
«Pacy Lin is ready for summer! But her parents have decided the family is going to visit Taiwan for a whole month. Taiwan? Pacy isn’t even sure if she knows where that is.»
«In the old days, when Kate had no interest in boys, she never cared what other people thought. Now, it appeared, love was turning her into a rotten human being. [She] wishes she could talk to her best friend, Marylin, about this. But Marylin is no longer her best friend. Or is she?»
«The Coral Queen casino boat is treating the ocean like a toilet bowl, so Noah’s dad sinks it. Problem is, he can’t actually prove the Carol Queen was dumping illegally. Now Dad is in the clink, the boat’s back in business, and it’s up to Noah to flush the truth out into the open.»
«I kept asking myself if I felt different, if I was different. The answer was always yes. I was no longer nothing…How odd, I thought: it had taken my mother’s death, Father Quinel’s murder, and the desire of others to kill me for me to claim a life of my own.»