"'So, have fun?' Liam asked me teasingly.
'Oh, loaves of," I said
'Loaves? You mean loads?'
'No, loaves of...because it was a pretty crummy time.' Truthfully I just mispronounced loads, but I didn't want the opportunity to make a good pun go by" (Liz, 39*).The mood is a little somber but still plenty humored at times, and really bittersweet overall such as the moment where Serena visits her mom's grave and Trent (also referred to as 'Uranus') comforts her or when she had to help Sammy, Trent's little brother, when he finds out that his parents are in fact not on the moon but are dead and never coming back.
"'Hey,' I said, squatting own to Sam's height. 'Even though they might not be around anymore, they're always still in your heart, right?' I asked him, poking him in the chest.
Sam just nodded, through tears.
I turned him around and pointed at the moon.
'The moon's always here too, reflecting in the sun's light. So if you keep remembering them, like how the sun's always shining, they'll always be there, looking at you, like how the moon always catches the sunlight.'
Sam turned around again and wiped off his tears. 'But what about solar eclairs?'
I stared at him for a second. Oh, eclipses? Dang, this kid is too smart" (Liz, 31*).
A time when a character swayed the beliefs of others was in chapter forty six, when Trent/Uranus was talking to Serena about the fat suit that she parades around in at school and how he relates the situation to The Breakfast Club after they watch it.
"'No, don't you see, Rena? The people at our school just see you as what they want to see you as. They want to see you as your other self--the bad parts. That's not going to change, even if you are kind to them and take off your suit. The only way to get people to change is if they themselves decide that they don't want to be brainwashed anymore and want to change. But that doesn't matter. What matters is that you're true to yourself at all times and that does not include your suit and **iness,' Uranus told me, not taking his eyes off of mine for a second" (Liz, 46).
*-Chapter number, as pages are not completely defined on this site so there is no specific other than such.
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