How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Is it okay to hate a dead kid? Even if I loved him once? Even if he was my best friend? Is it okay to hate him for being dead? (1.1.3)
By the time Charlie dies, it's hard for Vera to even consider him a friend. After all, he doesn't act like one; he barely talks to her and when he does, he's mocking or threatening her. It's no wonder she hates him.
Quote #2
I could hear our friendship dying right there. Hit by a truck so big, going so fast, there was nothing left. Not a shred of our childhood, not a splinter of our tree house, not a bit of our New Year's Eve kiss. Nothing. (1.15.28)
Poor Vera. Once Charlie believes Jenny Flick's word over hers, she knows that she's lost him. Their friendship is essentially over from that point on, and nothing that Vera can do will save it if Charlie doesn't want to be her friend anymore.
Quote #3
Even though I knew Charlie wanted to do it himself, he called it our project and our tree house. I think it was his way of trying to help me through a hard time. (1.17.1)
Charlie may just be a pubescent boy when Vera's mom leaves, but that doesn't mean that he doesn't recognize that she needs support and love. Even though he's building the new tree house, he tries to give Vera some ownership of it as well. That's a true friend.