How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"She's gonna go"—I made my voice high like a girl's—"'Oooo, there's that Crash Coogan scoring another touchdown. I do believe I'm falling in love with that boy. He's so good and handsome.'" (10.37)
Crash has some weird ideas about what women like. Where do you suppose those ideas came from?
Quote #2
"Penn Webb wants to be a cheerleader."
He bit off the end of his sandwich. He shook his head, chewed, chuckled, and spoke all at once: "Now, that is terrifying." (13.43-13.44)
There are plenty of things in this world that are terrifying—big bugs, clowns, and running out of ice cream, for starters. But male cheerleaders? They don't seem so terrifying…except to Crash's dad. Don't ask us why, but it's pretty clear that he finds a young boy's extracurricular activity threatening to his own masculinity.
Quote #3
Mike grinned. "You're just jealous, 'cause you like her."
I laughed. "Me? You're crazier than crazy. Why would I like that stuck-up bimbo?" I laughed some more. (16.5-16.6)
Though you might not know it from the "stuck-up bimbo" comment, Crash really does like Jane Forbes. And no one thinks she's a bimbo; that's just a really nice way that Crash and his friend have of talking about girls. Yikes. Why do you think they need to put her down even though they both want to pursue her?