On page 23 on the first paragraph Ben says "Richmond, Tigers. What your team?  What you say your name.  

He loves the Richmond Rugby team and he is afraid of water  He has a crush on Shelly.  His parents never visit when they are allowed to so he is very lonely.  As soon as he met Shelly he fell in love with her even though he only saw her through the car window.  Shelly was the only visitor he had in years.   I think he must be very lonely living in a dumb old hostel.  He deserves a real home.  I think he should of never fallen in love with Shelly in the first place. 

For example Anne sais on page 1 she tries to help Shelly by making her not go to to Mrs Murray's house by letting her go to the Hostel by saying "You'd really like it, They have a table tennis and a craft room and a lovely indoor pool."  

Shelly doesn't appreciate her kindness.  Shelly doesn't know that they don't have enough money to go on holidays.  Anne is sort of like the perfect mother.  She is a very understanding person.  She really knows how to treat retarded people well, or else she wouldn't have got the full time job.   I think that she should just be stricter on Shelly so she won't have to work so hard in keeping up to Shelly's requirements.

On page 9 it shows how much of a bad person she really is, for example she says "Big deal! Megan Webb is going away to the Gold Coast.  We never get to go anywhere posh like that!  I don't know why you can't get a proper job."  

She starts off like that but then she becomes almost as loving,  caring and understanding as her mother.  I would hate to have a sister like Shelly.  She is a ?.A.P (whatever religion she is Australian Princess) which means she cares more about her looks and desires than anything else (even her mother). I hope that she will one day become retarded so then she will know how it feels.  I think she deserves it).