1. 'His eyes are about an inch below where they should be on his face, almost to halfway down his cheeks. They slant downward at an extreme angle, almost like diagonal slits that someone cut into his face, and the left one is noticeably lower than the right one. They bulge outward because his eye cavities are too shallow to accommodate them. The top eyelids are always halfway closed, like he's on the verge of sleeping. The lower eyelids sag so much they almost look like a piece of invisible string is pulling them downward: you can see the red part on the inside, like they're almost inside out. He doesn't have eyebrows or eyelashes. His nose is disproportionately big for his face, and kind of fleshy. His head is pinched in on the sides where the ears should be, like someone used giant pliers and crushed the middle part of his face. He doesn't have cheekbones. There are deep creases running down both sides of his nose to his mouth, which gives him a waxy appearance.'

2. Miranda's attitude and looks had changed a lot.

3. A one-in-four chance, whatever that means.

4. It is a game that's similiar to the Cheese Touch.

5. He is fun.

6. He is in a bad mood.

7. Jack had seen Augst before and was reluctant to welcome August, but he saw his brother being mean, he changed his mind because if Jamie, a second-grader, can be mean, then August probably wouldn't stand a chance in middle school.

8. You can get used to his face in about a week, he's a really cool dude, he's really smart and might let you copy off his paper, and Jack actually WANTS to be friends with August.

9. Julian was teasing Jack about being partners with August, so Jack punched him in the mouth, leading to a detention.

10. Text message