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My comments on Chapter 8 (Theo):

> Cue the spooky music when Theo realizes he recognizes buildings and people he’s never encountered before!

> “Onions don’t need much in the way of conversation.” sounds a lot like a line from a Gavin Gunhold poem.

> Theo’s awkward discomfort, and Portia’s breezy, confident nonchalance, are everybody’s memories of the social divide in junior high/middle school!

> Whaaat?!? Is Theo really pumping himself up by repeating his father’s advice for ruling the school?

> Theo’s false memories are getting specific: He knows Portia by face AND name; he can recall the name of the food bank that he associates with her; and—the big one—he recognizes the face that he has “seen” in his unexplainable memory.