It seems like things are starting to look up for the Walls family. After living on the run for quite a while, they'll finally settle in a house. Jeannette’s mother inherited the house from the death of her mother. This came as news for Jeannette and it angered her that her parents kept this news from them. It baffled me; I understood her mother did not have a good relationship with their grandmother, but how could she not see the point in telling her grandchildren? They had the right to know.

Their family had gone through so much and it's starting to tear their family dynamics apart. Mostly the relationship between the father and the two eldest. Once again, Jeannette’s age is reflected through her naivety and oblivion towards the situation around her. Lori and Brian, her older siblings, have expressed a distrust, as well as disappointment towards their father. Jeannette on the other hand, is too young to recognize father's flaws; she idolizes him. To the point that it becomes frustrating for the reader, yet admirable. Despite her situation, she continued to keep her childness in tact. And despite what her father has done or has lacked to do, she continues to believe in him. It saddens me to realize: one day her father's flaws will be revealed and he loses her too. That might possibly break him.