Survivalism and the Modern American Transient
The protagonist's family must work at night, at these kinds of jobs in order to make money.
Minimum wage jobs.
Darren ends up losing his finger for this reason.
He pricked it on a silver ninja star.
Libby's ex, the man to whom the el camino belongs, is this violent person.
Red.
The protagonist's grandfather likes to tell stories, but the protagonist learns they're more than just stories when this happens.
The grandfather dies halfway transformed into a wolf.
Werewolves must relieve themselves of this fluid before transforming.
Urine.
Darren and his nephew end up catching this wild animal, whose poisoned prey spoils the meat and ends up making them sick.
Owl. (who ate a poisoned mouse)
Darren attacks a linebacker for wearing this mascot on his football gear.
The Lone Ranger
This famous "ranger" was secretly a werewolf himself; he hunted his own kind.
The author has been recording the events of the novel by this means...
Writing everything down in a journal.
Werewolves can only eat from Jewish cemeteries for this reason.
Darren is rescued by this person, whom he ends up marrying at the end of the novel.
Grace-Ellen
Darren is captured and tortured by pest control because of this special ability.
His urine wards off small creatures (rodents, etc.)
This girl's grandfather has a long history of werewolf hunting, even though he is one himself.
Brittany.
The protagonist/narrator refers to himself by different names in each chapter for this reason.
Because he lacks a strong sense of identity and defines himself by whatever he is experiencing in the chapter.
These are the product of a werewolf bite, they mimic the symptoms of rabies.
Moonwolves.
The narrator's family jumps from state to state, sometimes within the same chapter, but they tend to stay in this region of the country.
South/Southeast. (Arkansas-Carolinas)
The protagonist comes home with a black eye that no one addresses because he was punched by this stranger.
The Sheep
Libby feels responsible for this person, whom she maimed before dating Red. Taking care of him is her penance.
Morris Wexler
Werewolves cannot procreate for this reason.
Their offspring are either born moonwolves, or else rip their way out of their mothers' wombs. (Either answer is acceptable.)
The protagonist ultimately decides to stay with this person at the end of the novel, with whom he finally achieves his transformation.
Libby.
Libby is shot by Darren for this reason.
Libby was in wolf form and Darren was rescuing her from animal control by pretending to kill her.
The feud over rival werewolves who dug up the protagonists' grandmother. The protagonist's grandfather sought his revenge on the rival clan, killing most of them. One laid low as a sheep and then attacked and impregnated the protagonist's mother.
Stories are important for many reasons, especially because of how they form our identities--This is another reason cultural myths and traditions are so important.
They can serve as a form of information gathering about previously indigenous-occupied land.
Werewolf mothers must use this strategy in order to safely procreate.
Silver piercings.