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My comments on Chapter 18 (Theo):

> Good bond-building between Theo and Portia at Neighborhood Harvest when they team up to save the lockbox funds from Declan. 

> Theo, I hear you when you worry about the fading sunlight as fall ends the bright summertime evenings. For you, it’s the need for a brighter bike light. For me, it’s a ridiculous headlamp to be able to finish my out-of-doors chores. Not quite yet, but it’s coming quickly.

> Losing your knowledge of where “home” is: Yikes! 

> Reef studied about Zambia for his social studies test, but now Theo has all the Zambian knowledge. Interesting fact: There’s a star Zambian football (soccer) player who came to the USA to play at college. Her name? Memory Phiri. MEMORY Phiri. C’mon, GRK–was that the reason Reef was studying Zambia?!?

> I like Theo’s analogy of a computer with deleted files. But he’s right to worry about the crash.

@Jade, I hope you explore more of the coming-of-age idea in future posts (or in a month when we reflect on the book club that will then be history, or whenever you have ten seconds to stop and breathe!). It would be fun to compare Reef/Theo with other GRK characters who experience that type of life growth.