Rose can taste the emotional base of whoever prepared the food she eats. This is very disconcerting to her as a child. Later she finds out her family, on her father's side, seems to have various talents along this way. I did not get the pink Pegasus pen humor.
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I was a couple years older than most learner's permit types, but I'd been slower to the car than my peers. (pg. 165) As was I!