Music
Music is a big deal to Owen Armstrong, who practically lives with his ear buds attached to his head. When Annabel first meets him, this is what she notices about him—he's always listening to or t...
The Glass House
Because Mr. Greene is an architect, the Greene family lives in a big glass house that people are always slowing down to look at. From the outside it appears as though you can see everything, but th...
Whitney's Herbs
When Whitney first starts growing herbs as part of her eating disorder treatment, she thinks the task is stupid and useless—she plants the seeds without much enthusiasm and doesn't even seem to c...
The Kopf's Commercial
When we first meet Annabel (literally, on the first page), she's watching a TV commercial of herself. In it she's welcoming students back to school and showing off her fancy fake high school life....
The "Just Listen" CD
The "Just Listen" CD is the last of the CDs that Owen gives to Annabel to inform her musical education. She gets through all of the CDs before landing on this one, and realizes that there's no musi...