Setting
Where does Ellen's aunt live?
The nice part of town
What does Ellen's grandmother think of Ellen's dad?
He a bad person
How does Ellen's mother die?
Overdose due to her father
How do the people in the novel typically describe Starletta?
Black
Where does Starletta live?
Black town
What P.O.V. is the novel in when Ellen is with her new mother?
First Person
Who does Ellen stay with before her grandmother takes her?
The art teacher
What item is most important to Ellen?
Her microscope
Where does Ellen go to school?
A christian school in the city
What is Ellen's opinion on drinking?
She hates it since her dad was a drunk
What funded Ellen's fathers drinking?
Her uncle paying him for the farm
6th grade
Where does the art teacher live?
What is Ellen's view on racism?
How does Ellen's father die?
Drinking
What part of living with the art teacher did Ellen dislike?
She was getting picked on for it
What kind of neighborhood does Ellen live in?
Spread out
What P.O.V. was the novel in when Ellen talked about her past situation?
First person
What happened to Ellens fathers friends?
The disperse
Who in the novel was most involved with gardening?
The art teachers husband