"No one captured the monster! It never belonged to anyone!"Devon Bostock said, "Except the alien," a wide boy who looked like he could play on the foo...ball team (jeans and an '86' jersey). "I touched him!" he said, looking at his upraised hands. The one with the recorder microphone said, sticking it in the larger boy's face (and risking getting bit by the poodle close by his side), "Then you did get close!!" James, the quartets leader said, "No comment!" stopping them all in the middle of the. "I didn't mean anything." I never saw anyone having such a problem putting his shoes back on as this fellow did."Get out of this house," I said to him. "Get out now while you can still walk upright."Without a word to either my sister or me the young man bolted for the door and was gone in seconds flat."All right Jackie," I said in a softer tone of voice. "What were you up to with that fellow." His name is Stan," Jackie said as she got up off the floor. "We were just fooling around that's all."I. Betts Frost: Brian's bitchy sister, four years older in 8th grade, shows Arabian horses.Joanne Barnes: Brian's next door neighbor who he thinks of as "Heaven." In 6th grade, tall, pretty blonde and destined to become a model.Drew Barnes: Joanne's younger, delinquent brother, in fifth grade and is nasty.Bill Fisher: Friend of Joanne's in 6th grade and protector of Brian.Jimmy Sutton: Friend of Bill's—one of the scary 6th graders.Introduced in 5th grade (chapter 2)Angela Kimes: Brian's lab. I didn't know what was going on, why my parents were called out here, and I didn't ask. I figured that I would find out eventually. ''So hows life back home?'' he asked.I puffed out a sigh and tried to decide how to answer, ''Difficult.'' I replied. He nodded his head and looked out the window, ''I found out that my best friend was sleeping with my boyfriend.'' I told him.He raised his eyebrows a little, ''Dear Penthouse, I don't usually write in but...'' he trailed off, he had a smile on his.