Melissaghoneybee's Blog

Wow…a lot of changes in this section of the book. Their father gets a new girlfriend named Carmen, who is a black version of barbie. She adores Cole, but does not like Birdie for some reason and i’m not sure why. She basically ignores Birdie when they are all together and seems upset when Birdie tags along, as if Carmen just wants  to be with Cole. I feel as though Birdie is really disliked because of her skin tone. She’s still black, but very light skinned and I feel like Carmen doesn’t like that for some reason. I’m also very confused as to why their father went to Brazil with Carmen and Cole. I know they’re probably going into hiding just like Birdie and her mother are, but I’m confused as to why they picked Brazil. I’m also confused as to why their mother needs to go into hiding and get out of boston. I know the FBI are looking for her and Birdie, but I’m curious as to what their mother did and why she needed to borrow money from their grandmother. That was a really strange visit that they had. Their mother seems racist, and sees Birdie as being white. She doesn’t like the fact that the girls go to an all black school because it’s not safe. Another thing that was sort of strange was when Redbone came to their school and took a picture of Birdie on the playground. It was very random that he was there. Maybe he was taking a picture of her to send to the FBI so they could see what she looks like and be able to catch them. Redbone is very shady to me and I’m curious as to what he is up to as well as their mother. The scene with her and the black men who had the green van was weird. I’m curious as to what was in the duffle bags. We’ll just have to read more and hopefully theses questions will be answered.