Characters
The main character of the novel who struggles with Tourette's Syndrome.
Calli or Calliope
The speaker of "A line from the student council agreement I signed at the beginning of the school year pops into my head: I promise to be a friend to everyone."
Jinsong
The town and state where the main character and her mother moves.
St. George, Utah
The flower that Calliope believes everyone else around her to be.
White rose
Name the title: "I open my dresser drawers, find them empty empty empty..."
Saturday Morning
The second narrator of the text who enjoys playing baseball and is Black Ridge Student Body President.
Jinsong
The speaker of this quote: "I fight back tears as I stand, see thousands and thousands of wavy strands spilled at my feet like pools of golden blood."
Calliope
Mom's profession
A florist
The traditional food commonly eaten during Chinese Moon Festival
Mooncakes
Name the title: "1. Granite from My Backyard (Spokane, Washington), 2. Greenish-Blue Thing I Found in the Street (Ritzville, Washington)... "
Updating My Rock Collection
This woman is a florist and has many failed relationships.
Mom or Calliope's Mother
The speaker of: "You don't know? Well, if you don't know maybe YOU should look it up."
Beatriz
The scent of Calliope's apartment.
The assignment that Calliope does not want to complete for art class.
A self portrait
Name the title: "Birds, bikes, even the early October air breezes by, unaware of me, unaware of the girl who has a place to hurry off to, except an empty apartment."
Unaware
Her father and Jinsong's father have been friends since college.
Beatriz
The school employee that tells Calli they should "talk about life and feelings"
Ms. Baumgartner or the school counselor
Where the main character sits at lunch on the first day at her new school.
The flower that Calliope saves from the "Bucket of Doom"
Red Poppy
Name the title: "I open the door and see Jinsong cinnamon eyes cheerful grin bare feet a friend."
Someone
Calliope and Jinsong's homeroom teacher.
D. Kahn
The authors of this love note:
"Will you be my valentine? You are so pretty. I want to kiss you. Love, love, love forever, Jinsong."
Duncan and Nyles
The drink Beatriz and Jinsong used to make when they would hang out together.
Horchata
Gingerale
Name the title: When Beatriz makes fun of Calliope repeating the word "precipitation".
Copycat