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Trista is a member of the Low Cuts, a group of four kids at Latimer Middle School whose parents have cancer. While the teachers and kids already look down on the Low Cuts and believe the kids are all budding criminals (they steal pocket change), Trista also has a reputation as someone nobody should cross: she has a sharp tongue and knows tae kwon do. She’s the group’s unofficial timekeeper as the Low Cuts use their money to buy cheap candies and resell them for enough money to buy Bit’s mom, who has recently begun chemo, ice cream. Usually, the Low Cuts just use their stolen pocket change for extra food at lunch.
Trista Smith Quotes in Look Both Ways
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2. The Low Cuts Strike Again
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But the Low Cuts don’t take just take to be taking. They don’t steal for fun. Actually, they don’t even like doing it. But they do it because they have to. At least they feel like they have to. Before they named themselves the Low Cuts, they were part of another set that they had no choice but to be down with. The free-lunchers.
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“I hate that sound. Matter of fact, I’d be a school bus that could fly. That way I ain’t gotta hit the brakes and make all that noise.” Bit looked over at Trista. “How ‘bout that?”
“All I’m gon’ say is, I could totally see you, a school bus falling from the sky.” Trista laughed to herself, but just loud enough for Bit to hear.
“Well, at least then I’d be a rocket.”
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“Do I want to know what y’all up to?” she asked, and they just looked at her like she hadn’t asked it. Like she hadn’t said anything. So she acted like she hadn’t said anything either. “Wait right here.”
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The other Low Cuts watched Bit the hustler, Bit who could turn ninety cents into nine bucks—into ice cream—turn into a son. A son who was scared. A son who loved his mom.
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Trista Smith Quotes in Look Both Ways
The Look Both Ways quotes below are all either spoken by Trista Smith or refer to Trista Smith. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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2. The Low Cuts Strike Again
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But the Low Cuts don’t take just take to be taking. They don’t steal for fun. Actually, they don’t even like doing it. But they do it because they have to. At least they feel like they have to. Before they named themselves the Low Cuts, they were part of another set that they had no choice but to be down with. The free-lunchers.
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“I hate that sound. Matter of fact, I’d be a school bus that could fly. That way I ain’t gotta hit the brakes and make all that noise.” Bit looked over at Trista. “How ‘bout that?”
“All I’m gon’ say is, I could totally see you, a school bus falling from the sky.” Trista laughed to herself, but just loud enough for Bit to hear.
“Well, at least then I’d be a rocket.”
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“Do I want to know what y’all up to?” she asked, and they just looked at her like she hadn’t asked it. Like she hadn’t said anything. So she acted like she hadn’t said anything either. “Wait right here.”
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The other Low Cuts watched Bit the hustler, Bit who could turn ninety cents into nine bucks—into ice cream—turn into a son. A son who was scared. A son who loved his mom.
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