Book 2: Just Listen by Sarah Dessen by Adam Yendrek

Evidence #1

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:38:32 UTC

On page 43, it says "The next time we saw whitney, though, the change in her was obvious. before she'd looked lithe, elegant; and now, she was gaunt, and her head seemed too big for her body.

Evidence #2

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:38:44 UTC

On page 52 it says "She was so thin, Emaciated. it was obvious, even though she was wearing even baggier clothes than last time I'd seen her, and more layers as well. Her eyes looked sunken in her face and you could see all the tendons in her neck.

Evidence #3

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:39:17 UTC

On page 66 it says "He was sitting with his legs stretched out in front of him, leaning back on his palms. A swath of sunlight was falling across his face, and his earphones were on his head bobbing slightly, eyes closed.

Evidence #1

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:39:34 UTC

On page 9 it says "She was right, of course. Kristen was our resident drama queen. Her emotions were always at full throttle, as was her mouth; she never stopped talking, even if she was well aware you weren't listening to her. in contrast, Whitney was the silent type, which meant the few words she uttered always carried that much more meaning.

Evidence #2

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:40:00 UTC

On page 13 it's says "Hold on," Kirsten said, her voice loud. "What did you just say?" The girl turned around. when she saw my sister, her eyes Widened. "What?" She said, and I couldn't help but notice how different this, the first words she'd ever said to me, sounded as she said it now.

Evidence #3

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:42:20 UTC

On page 74 it says "Annabel." Sophie leveled her gaze at me. At the time this was new, but later I'd come to recognize her expression, a mis of annoyance and impatience. it was the look she's give me a million times over the years, whenever I wasn't doing what she wanted."

Evidence #1

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:42:43 UTC

On page 98, it says "Owen, come on." Mallory sighed. "She's a Lakeview model, hello? and she's done tons of local ads. and that comercial, you know the one I love, with the girl in the cheerleading uniform.

Evidence #2

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:42:55 UTC

On page 56 it says " Whitney?" I said, crouching down beside her. I couldn't imagine what she's been doing her in the dark, alone, so late night. "Are you--" Then I saw the toilet. the lid was up and inside was this yellowy mix, tinges with red that I knew, somehow, with one look, was blood.

Evidence #3

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:43:05 UTC

On page 96 it says "He hit his blinker again and began to slow down. up ahead, I could see my old middle school, a yellow school bus pulling out of the parking lot. "The kinda who live for music and are constantly seeking it out, anywhere they can. who can't Imagine a life without it. they're enlightened."

Evidence #1

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:43:41 UTC

On page 9 it says "She nodded. "She has dark hair, a bit taller than you. Maybe you've seen her around the neighborhood." I thought for a second. "I don't know--"

"That's who that is!" Kristen said suddenly. she put down her fork with a clank. "The stalker from the pool. Oh my God, I knew she was younger than us."

Evidence #2

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:43:51 UTC

On page 62 it says "There were some weeks when is seemed like Whitney was really getting better, gain weight, clearly on her way. and then there were others when she's refuse to eat breakfast, or get caught doing forbidden crunches in her room late at night, and only the threat of having to go back into the hospital and be force-fed was enough to make her get back in line.

Evidence #3

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:44:00 UTC

On page 68 it says "For all her bravo, thought, I knew Sophie had her own problems. Her parents had just recently divorced, and while she's mentioned repeatedly all the stuff her dad brought her when she lived in Texas--clothes, jewelry, anything she wanted--one day I'd overheard my mom and one of her friends discussing the divorce, which was apparently very ugly."

Evidence #1

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:44:12 UTC

On page 15 it says "Hi" Clarke said, after a just long enough to be noticed awkward silence. Then she sneezed before adding. "We brought your stuff." The girl just looked at her for a second, as if she didn't understand what she was saying. which, with Clarke's congestion, she probably didn't.

Evidence #2

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:45:11 UTC

On Page 18 it says "Since Emily had been my friend first, I'd thought maybe, just maybe, she might still be. Apparently not. The lines had been drawn, and now I knew for sure I was standing outside them."

Evidence #3

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:45:22 UTC

On page 20 it says "I saw Sophie was watching me. When our eyes met, she smiled a think-lipped smile, shaping her head before looking away. pathetic, I heard her say in my head.

Evidence #1

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:45:32 UTC

On page 64 it says "I'd just written the word occupation, and I kept my pen to the page, making both o's darker and darker, until Emily and Sophie passes.

Evidence #2

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:45:40 UTC

On page 46 it says "They did, but I wasn't allowed to hear what they said. It was made clear to me ("Annabel, why don't you go do some homework?") that I was not to be part of this conversation.

Evidence #3

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 15:45:48 UTC

On page 52 it says "But still, my mother didn't go. this was the biggest mystery, the one thing, looking back, I could never quite figure out. For whatever reason, she chose to believe whitney. It was a mistake.

Evidence #4 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 17:11:27 UTC

On page 178 it says "As she turned on the faucet and began washing her hands, I walked over to the window to look at the flowerpots. The dirt in them was black and frangent, spotted with fertilizer, and I see beads if water here and there, glistening in the sunlight."

Evidence #5 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 17:11:41 UTC

On page 105 it says "Suddenly, I heard a beep, the turned my head to see a Honda Civic pulling into the spot next to me. which wouldn't have been noteworthy, really, except the driver had on a bright red helmet. It wasn't the kind football players wear, exactly, but something a little bigger, with more padding. the guy wearing it looked to be about my age and was dressed in a black sweatshirt and jeans. He waved to me, and I waved back, tentatively, and then he was rolling down his window."

Evidence #4 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 17:12:12 UTC

On page 60 its says "A faucet dripping," I said. He nodded. "Thats music?" "Obviously not to everyone," he replied, shooting me a look. I smiled. "But that was kind of a point. it was, like, this whole uncharted territory. I started writing own the stuff he was playing, and looking for it at record stores and online. it gave me something to focus on other than all the stuff going down at home. plus, it came in handy when I needed to drown out the screaming downstairs."

Evidence #5 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 17:12:28 UTC

On page 180 it says "Sure. I mean, for one, it's exciting," he said. "And another, you really get to me at people on such a personal level. There's a real bonding in someone beating the crap out of you." I glance over at Owen, who was switching hears with one hand and adjusting the stereo with the other. "You can look at me all you want," he said, keeping his eyes on the road. "I am not commenting on that."

Evidence #4 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 17:55:57 UTC

On page 133 it says "So, did you listen?" I put my sandwich down to face him. He was in his normal spot, wearing jeans and a black crew neck. his Ipod was out as well, earphones hanging around his neck. "to your show?" I said "Yeah." I nodded.

Evidence #5 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 17:56:10 UTC

On page 173 it says "When I got home later that afternoon, Whitney was out on the front steps. there was a row of four small flowerpots lined up in front of her, a bag of potting soil beside them, and she was sitting there, a small shovel in one hand, with an annoyed expression on her face."

Evidence #4 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 17:56:39 UTC

On page 161 it says "So Owen hated silence. Also on his list of dislikes: peanut butter (too dry), liars (Self-explanatory), and people who didn't tip (delivering pizza didn't pay that well apparently.

Evidence #5 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 17:56:48 UTC

On page 203 its says "They were all there. Every song we'd ever talked about or argued about, listed in careful order. The Mayan chants, from the first day he'd given me the ride. "Thank you" by Led Zeppelin, from when I picked him up. Entirely too much techno, every thrash metal song. Even Jenny Reef. As I listened to a bit of each, I thought of all the times I'd seen Owen with his earphones on and wondering what he was listening to, much less thinking about. Who would have guessed that it might have been me."

Evidence #4 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 17:56:59 UTC

On page 105 it says "There was a metal tower beside it, as well as a somewhat droopy banner hanging across the front entrance. WRUS it said in big black letters. COMMUNITY RADIO: RADIO FOR US."

Evidence #4 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 17:57:08 UTC

On page 148 it says "You gotta ask," he said, reaching forward and sliding the CD into my stereo. "Only a real asshole takes liberties with someone else's car stereo. That's serious." The player clicked a couple of times and then I heard music, faintly. Owen reached forward for the volume button the glanced at me. when I nodded, he turned it up."

Evidence #5 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 17:57:35 UTC

On page 142 it says "Thing. Like I said, major placeholder, super vague. In confrontations, you have to be specific as possible, to avoid misunderstandings." He leaned a little closer to me. "Look, I know its weird," he said "but it works. I promise."

Evidence #5 (100-200)

yendreka25 — 2024-10-31 17:57:45 UTC

On page 156 it says " As I pulled away from the curb, the whole afternoon seemed so strange, surreal. There was so much filling my head, too much to even begin to understand."

Evidence #6 (200-end)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-06 18:16:22 UTC

On page 226 it says "She picked them up, cradling them in her open hand as she worked through them, her expression moving from impassove to curious to, at one shot of Elinor sprawled on the floor, somewhat horrified."

Evidence #6 (200-end)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-06 18:16:28 UTC

On page 227 it says "I nodded. "She's model obsessed. you should see her room. its all pictures from magazines, everywhere you look."

Evidence #6 (200-end)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-06 18:16:32 UTC

on page 232 it says "I just sat there for a minute, staring at the screen. then I hit play and watched it again. and a third time. I still wasn't sure what to make of it, even as I reached for the phone and dialed Kirsten's number. But when she answered, and I told her I liked it but didn't get it, she wasn't upset. instead, she said that was the point.

Evidence #6 (200-end)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-06 18:16:36 UTC

on page 301 it says "Emily had gone to the cops. Emily had pressed charges. Emily had told. This realization was so big I just sat there, hands locked in my lap, stunned. Will had been arrested. People knew about this. Ever since saturday night. I'd assumed Emily, like me, had stayed silent and scared."

Evidence #6 (200-end)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-06 18:16:38 UTC

on page 238 it says "You did not," Owen said finally, his voice low, "just cover your ears. Did you?"

"It was an accident," I said. "I just--"

"That's serious." He reached forward, shaking his head, and turned down the CD."

Evidence #6 (200-end)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-06 18:16:42 UTC

On page 234 it says "It was weird to hear her say thism and after a moment, I realized why. Even though it had pretty much dominated our family dynamic for almost a year I'd never heard Whitney acknowledge her problem out loud. Like so much else, it was known but not discussed, present but not officially accounted for."

Evidence #7 (200-end)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-06 18:16:53 UTC

on page 237 it says "He reached for the volume knob, turning it up. A second later, a whooshing sound filed my ears, followed by what sounding like a violin, but at rapid speed, and electrified. The result was a noise that would have been unsettling at a normal volume."

Evidence #7 (200-end)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-06 18:16:56 UTC

On page 233 it says "At first the shifts were small, but still noticeable. She's recently become somewhat social-- a couple of days earlier she's gone out for coffee with people from Moira Bell's group-- and has also begun working a few mornings a week at my dad's office answering phones, filling in for yet another pregnant secretary."

Evidence #7 (200-end)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-06 18:16:59 UTC

On page 249 its says "When I got to the very end, I saw Whitney. She was leaning against a planter in front of the vitamin store, a good fifty feet from the back of the fashion-show crowd. I hadn't even known she was coming. But was surprised me more that this was the look on her face, which was so sad that it almost knocked the wind out of me."

Evidence #7 (200-end)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-06 18:17:01 UTC

on page 237 it says "Great, right?" Owen said, grinning widely. He was bobbing his head as the cords bounced over us. In my mind, I pictured one of those cardiac monitor mationes, each sound causing my own heart to spike, the needle jumping off the screen."

Evidence #7 (200-end)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-06 18:17:03 UTC

on page 247 it says" I closed my eyes, swallowing over the lump that had risen in my throat. She had hooked up with Will Cash last night. Sophie freaked. They were supposed to be best friends. I guess you can't trust anybody."

Evidence #7 (200-end)

yendreka25 — 2024-11-06 18:17:07 UTC

On page 300 it says "And then he was gone. Walking across the parking lot, his bag over one shoulder, already lifting his earphones to his ears. Almost a year ago I'd watched him this same way, just after he punched Ronnie Waterman out. Then, I'd been awed, and slightly scared, and I felt the same way now as I realized what my silence and fear had cost me, yet again."