You'd better not be trying to steal that," she said. The boy shrugged and reached for the small rolling suitcase at her feet. "I wouldn't dare." "Because I'm an excellent yeller." "I don't doubt it." "And fighter. My cousin gave me this nail file... the thing's just like a switchblade.

There are some secrets we keep because we can't bear to let them out and some because it's better to keep them in.

It's every little girl's dream," she said. "Interpol surveillance. And kittens.

What are you looking at? Hale asked. Why are you smiling? I worry when you smile.

So I hear we get to go to town this weekend. Want to catch a movie or something? --Z P.S. That is, if Jimmy doesn't mind. Translation: This weekend might be a good chance for us to see each other outside our school in a social environment, free of competetiton. I do not view other boys as threats, and I enjoy making them seem insignificant by calling them the wrong names. (Translation by Macey McHenry)

Easy there," Zach said when I stumbled into him. "Now's probably not the time to get handsy. You might want to control yourself.

I also packed explosives." -Liz