The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky: Chapters 41–46

by Josh Galarza
This novel delves into one boy's experience of struggling with an eating disorder and self-esteem issues after going through an enormous loss.

Here are links to our lists for the book: Chapters 1–5, Chapters 6–10, Chapters 11–15, Chapters 16–20, Chapters 21–25, Chapters 26–30, Chapters 31–35, Chapters 36–40, Chapters 41–46
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  1. conspiratorial
    relating to or characteristic of a secret plot or agreement
    Her tone is conspiratorial.
  2. unbridled
    not restrained or controlled
    I shove him off, but my grin is unbridled.
  3. integrity
    an undivided or unbroken completeness with nothing wanting
    “There’s this thing called journalistic integrity. I wrote what I did because it was true.”
  4. disheveled
    in disarray; extremely disorderly
    He tucks a rogue edge of his polo shirt into his jeans, defying in some small way his typical disheveled state.
  5. innate
    inborn or existing naturally
    There’s no easy rapport or good-natured ribbing about the size of his keychain, and I’m trusting in the innate goodness of his humanity to see this conversation through to a satisfactory result.
  6. foothold
    an area in a hostile territory that has been captured
    The breeze is actually sort of cool tonight, fall finally claiming a foothold, and I feel like I can breathe for the first time in weeks.
  7. wan
    lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
    I release a wan laugh.
  8. resonant
    characterized by a loud deep sound
    The only thing more resonant than Reed’s laugh is my own.
  9. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
    A glance around reveals boisterous groupings I could never have imagined a few weeks ago.
  10. appeal
    be attractive to
    I take a beat to think, then I say, “Do you want to eat, though? Does the food appeal?”
  11. jovial
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
    After many jovial moments—including a hilarious story from Ajay about the time he accidentally ripped a fart while making out with his sophomore crush— the dishes are cleared and both Robyn and I have some thoroughly rad food in our bellies.
  12. familiarity
    usualness by virtue of being well known
    As we paint intricate designs on our skulls, I lose myself in the familiarity of the work.
  13. intangible
    incapable of being perceived by the senses, especially touch
    My mother taught me that the point of metaphoric language is to make the intangible concrete, so in my idiom, the cake is not really cake.
  14. rueful
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
    She’d spell while I strained to sound out the words—rueful, adept, unabashed—plenty of words that would sound absurd coming from an eight-year-old’s mouth.
  15. ambivalence
    mixed feelings or emotions
    Of course this ambivalence may seem hard to reconcile—and it is—but I’m a mestizo, and few are as well equipped as mestizos to wrestle with, juggle, and ultimately honor multiple perspectives.
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