How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"I'll bet you wish you could just have a normal kid sometimes," I said, wiping my nose on the paper towel she gave me […]
"I think normal's a little boring, don't you?" [Mom said…]
"That's what Leo says," I whispered back, and Mom smiled a kind of happy-sad smile.
"Where do you think he got it?" she said.
(70.15, 20, 22-23)
So, Leo was right. Mom doesn't want Rafe to be normal—she just wants him to be happy. Happy without getting in tons of trouble and expelled from school. You know, a happy medium. Unique, yet law-abiding.