How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Webb piped: "John has a great-great-grandfather, and he's a hundred and fifteen years old!"
Four grown-up eyeballs landed on me. I had to think quick. "And I do dive-bombing too!" I said. "Wanna see me?" (6.28-6.29)
Crash doesn't know what to say because he randomly lied to Penn about having a great-great-grandfather. At a loss, he just crashes into some stuff instead. Classic Crash.
Quote #2
That night I asked my mother how to spell the words and left a note on my door asking my father to wake me up before he went to bed. (7.1)
Crash has to communicate with his dad by leaving him a note to read in the middle of the night. It's a little sad—one of the few moments in which we readers feel sorry for Crash instead of the folks he bullies.
Quote #3
I got a meatball, dumped it into a plastic bag, and ran down the street. I dumped it out of the bag and left it there, right in the middle of their front steps. (7.2)
Okay, we know that flowers say "I love you." But what exactly is a meatball on the porch supposed to say? Besides, of course, "I have emotional problems."