I drive back the long way, over the mountain on the dangerous S curves, toward the enormous, glowing, gaudy pagoda that watches over our town. It's a big, glowing red pagoda on top of a hill that watches over the whole town: The pagoda is the main visual attraction in the town. It could be anywhere in America, and that's the point: The story of what happens to Vera Dietz and Charlie Kahn isn't all that special, and instead it could happen to any teenager from anywhere. The town is home to the usual attractions: a strip mall, divisions between the "good" and "bad" parts of town, and a bunch of bored teenagers. Some of them would be happy to eat one tin of that dog food you slop out twice a day. Many of then are hungry right now, while you're reading this.
47% of children in this town live below the poverty level. Please Ignore Vera Dietz takes place in your typical American town, albeit one with a high poverty rate and a real divide between the rich and the poor.
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