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Anger

The temporary rivets holding me together loosened, glowing hot under

pressure that prevented me from turning the bat on my father and
breaking it over his head until he was a pile of splintered bone and broken
track (Anderson 238).

Authority

Oh, and he gave me six months of meetings with a probation officer who
thought I was a waste of human flesh (Anderson 1).

Choices

I could become the new Lord of Darkness myself, or I could take a

gamble and be reincarnated. I chose wisely (Anderson 250).

Conformity

When a non-popular kid tries to cross the line, like Ty, bad things
happen (Anderson 155).

Beauty

Bethany Milbury, Holy Goddess of Hotness, floated towards our car

(Anderson 7).

Cruelty

You dont have to say it like that, I said. Like what? Like Moms an
idiot (Anderson 53).

Dealing with
Depression

I didnt really want to run away. I wanted to die (Anderson 240).

Education

Three APs plus Calc is insane. Im not that smart, Dad (Anderson 54).

Emotion

I was a loser, a liar, a jerk, an idiot, a disgrace, and an embarrassment

(Anderson 150).

Family

I want dinner. With my family. In my house. Tonight, Dad announced.

End of discussion (Anderson 98).

Guilt

It didnt matter if they arrested me. It didnt matter where Dad sent me. If I
didnt get out, I was doomed (Anderson 206).

Hatred

One punch, a long slo-mo shot to the soft underbelly of the beast to
make him double over, just one punch, my fist so far inside him that the
knuckles scrape on his spine I tried not to clench my fists (Anderson
55).

Love

Somehow I kissed her and somehow she kissed back (Anderson 114).

Innocence

I did not hurt Bethany. I knew that. But nobody else did (Anderson 142).

Power

Now he was a dragon hiding in the skin of a small man (Anderson 26).

Redemption

Did they think I would stoop so low? Of course they did. I was the moron
who specialized in misspelled defacings of school property (Anderson

94).
Sex

Her hand moved down my chest (yes! yes!) and she pressed herself
against me and suddenly my arms were around her and the noise from
the party was fading away and my hand traced the curve of her back and
I realized that under her fairy leaf skirt she was wearing those tights and
under those tights absolutely nothing (Anderson 124).

Work

I had to sell my car and bust my hump at a landscaping company all

summer (Anderson 1).

Truth

I did it, they said. I couldnt have done it. I wouldnt have (Anderson
141).

Violence

I grabbed the front of Parkers shoulder pads, lifted him off the ground,
and slammed him against the lockers (Anderson 69).

Man Struggles Against Societal I became invisible, your average piece of drywall...I
Pressure
decided to do something bold. A prank that would turn me
into a legend (Anderson 9).
Crime Does Not Pay

Mandatory community service, the judge said. Courtordered restitution for the Foul Deed (Anderson 1).
Dad liked to pretend I was a dangerous criminal because of
the Foul Deed (Anderson 9).