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Riley had no choice but to come out to their parents. After hearing the words "[Y]our bisexual phase" come out of their dad's mouth, Riley is flooded with anger and regret (Garvin 254). Everything they had protected for so long had been exposed and Riley no longer had anything to hide.

Riley had explained the feeling of "[their] soul [being] stuffed into the wrong body and then dropped off here by mistake" (Garvin 195). Riley expressed their feelings to Q and had finally gained the courage to come out. Their choice of words moved the group and Riley had felt "normal" for the first time in a long time.

At the end of chapter 16, Riley says to themself, "I've found my cause" (Garvin 136). This was after Riley had received very positive feedback from the message they had sent back to the girl who wanted to throw herself into the train tracks. Riley had people liking and commenting on this response back and it empowered Riley and made them realize they are worth something.

Solo made a good point when he said, "I can't dress like a skinny person" (Garvin 92). Although this advice was good, Riley couldn't take his advice because her situation was different than taking off the Chewbacca backpack. Riley's situation wasn't something they were ready for the whole world to know.

Riley had lots of emotion built up in their head which they so desperately wanted to tell their mom: "My heart seems to swell and I wonder if there's a way she could understand" (Garvin 36). Riley knew they weren't ready and decided to hold back.

The main character, Riley, is a gender fluid teenager starting their journey at a new high school. With the struggle of fitting in, Riley said, "I want to be invisible" (Garvin 4).

The author is trying her to best to pick up her feet and make a better life for her and her daughter. After an unplanned pregnancy and a bad relationship, she was left to live in a homeless shelter. Living by the paycheck wasn't easy and she had no family to fall back on. Her mom and her mom's boyfriend made it worse when they asked her if she "wants to ask the waitress [so she] can pay for lunch" (Land 12).

With the struggle of standing out as a Jap in Hawaii, Tomi's grandfather is adamant about standing strong and embracing the Japanese culture. Tomi tries to persuade him to take down the big Japanese flag hanging in their yard but his grandfather disagrees completely: "Tomikazu, we are Americans...but inside we are also Japanese" (Salisbury 14).

The thrill of this book doesn't end. A new problem comes within every new sentence you're reading, resolving and changing into something unexpected. After hours of confusion and no exact decision, word is said that the plane will land safely: "It wasn't until the tail cleared the end of the stadium that they realized the plane wasn't going to crash" (Newman 267). Seconds later, a new problem erupted the relief.