Characters
She travels to her sister's house to help when the sister's baby dies suddenly.
A game played by tossing and catching small round pebbles or star-shaped pieces of metal or plastic.
Careless is to accident as careful is to (mistake, safety, luck, satisfaction).
She is a thirteen-year-old girl who has to be strong and brave for her fragile and grieving mother who is obsessed with painting pictures of her lost baby.
A small, slender-bodied amphibian with lungs and a well-developed tail, typically spending its adult life on land and returning to water to breed.
firefighter is to hose as builder is to (hammer, shed)
Which of Aunt Patty's neighbors has been nice to Willa and Little Sister?
When Willa Jo and Little Sister are on his roof and refuse to come down, he gets dressed up, brings them food and drink and joins them.
Earthquake is to tsunami as heavy rain is to (flood, hurricane, miserable, river)
What store does Aunt Patty take the girls to that Willa Jo thinks is fantastic?
She is the oldest child of a family which lives across the street from Aunt Patty who warns the girls not to play with them.
Someone who is pure evil; does evil things without reason
Spark is to wildfire as snowflake is to (cold, cinder, blaze, blizzard).
To avoid embarrassment, Aunt Patty tells other people that she sent the girls up to the roof to ___________________.
She is a close friend and neighbor of Noreen's who helps her with the kids and is by her side when Noreen loses her youngest child.
The action of digging a large area up to build or find something, especially an archaeological site.
Overspend is to broke as save is to (bankrupt, debt, prosperous, keep)