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As she’s telling the story, it hits me — this is how she escapes. She runs away to her perfectly tidy room and disappears into faraway galaxies. I’ll bet it’s the same with her schoolwork because, from what I can tell, she gets no encouragement in that direction from her family.
Her brother and mother and Randy, the unemployed boyfriend, are Gracknackians. They’ll never understand her. And her best friend, Krystal Krittenbrink, is a big, type-A nerd who treats her like an employee in a Gracknackian geek factory. But this room is Aimee’s space capsule and she’s a long-distance galactic traveler, winning every battle along the way.

I remember going to a bank with my dad when I was like four or something. And, you know, nowadays a bank lobby is the most boring place in the world next to the post office, but back then it was magic. They had this little pool of water in there with a fountain in the middle of it. I couldn’t believe my eyes. A pool of water — indoors! I’m calling my dad over, telling him to look at this, and he’s like, ‘Yeah, it’s a fountain.’ Like it’s nothing special at all.
But then I see that it’s not just a pool of water — it has coins in it. So I’m like, ‘Dad, look, there’s money in there!’ And he goes, ‘Yeah, people throw coins in fountains and make wishes.’ Wishes! Dude! This is getting better all the time. It’s a magic fountain. I’m in total awe. But there my dad is, writing out a deposit slip with no idea of how completely amazing the world is.