How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"What's the use of you if you can't heal her?" Conor said, pounding away. "Just stupid stories and getting me into trouble and everyone looking at me like I've got a disease—" (27.27)
Conor experiences disease vicariously through his mother. To be ignored by his peers for her disease makes him feel as if he's the one who's sick.