In Search of April Raintree

Once Lily accepts what she has done and learns that her mother's death did not make her a bad person, her conflict can finally be resolved. As a result of resolving her conflict, she is able to mature because of the struggle, just like other people are able to grow and evolve from their own mistakes. This is evident when she admits "Before coming here, my whole life had been nothing but a hole where my mother should have been, and this hole had made me different, left me always aching for something, but never once did I think what he'd lost or how it might've changed him" (Kidd 293). Lily finally realizes that her mother's death has not only affected her, but also her father, T. Ray, and the calendar sisters. Through the course of Lily's struggle, Lily learns a lot about life and matures into a wiser

When lily went to South Carolina she goes to a lady named August. August is very artifice. Lily stays at her honey house for several months with her aunt Rooselyn. As she lives there she goes through many adventures and meets a ton of new people. She meets her true love Zach and two sister of August named May and June. She finds out a lot about her mother. She finds out that her mother Deborah stayed at the same honey house. She also finds out that her mother ran away from T-Ray when he was abusive. At the end T-Ray finds Lily at Augusts house and he threatens her that she has to come back home with him. Lily fights and eventually convinces T-Ray that she is better off with August and forgives him.

John Pear asked Katy to sit on the front seat with Mary Lee, Katy refused at first because she was scared that if she gets out of the car, John Pear might drive away and leave her alone. After John Pear told Katy that he wont do what she's afraid of, Katy finally left the car, but right after she closed the door, John Pear locked the door and drove away. Mary Lee begged for John pear to stop but John Pear didn't. Mary Lee later found out that this is what Madrigal did to be entertained, John Pear and Madrigal would drive a person to the neighborhood, lock them out, and would watch them suffer. Mary Lee also found out that John Pear and Madrigal did the same thing to Scarlett, that's why she was afraid of her. The next day was their "Winter Sleigh Day" which is like a winter carnival. During the winter carnival the teenagers were

When Helen Armstrong gets tangle up in the long telephone cord she has, she falls down some stairs and break her leg. As a result, the town gossips get on the phone and start to rumor all sorts of things about what happen, eventually asking Grace to fill in for Mrs. Armstrong in the Christmas pageant a challenge she accepts. Thus, she had no idea that the Herdman would be involved until Charlie caught Leroy stealing his dessert from his lunchbox again. Since Leroy loves sweets he invited him to come to church where he can have all the sweet he like.

“I felt anger and bewilderment. Not at Cheryl or anyone else. Mostly, I guess the anger was for me. For being the way I was. Because it had caused Cheryl to feel so alienated from me that she couldn’t share the most important event in her life with me. Cheryl’s baby. Henry Liberty Raintree. Then I smiled. A part of Cheryl still lived.” April thought to herself ( Mosionier,

This tiny Union City town has been mourning since the crash last week. On Monday, the five children of Terry and Barbara Mann were buried after a service at the First Christian Church in Lake Butler. They were Nikki, 15, and adopted children Elizabeth, 15, Johnny, 13, Heaven, 3, and 20-month-old Anthony.

When Lily finally finds the courage to run away, she stays with three black sisters named August, June, and May Boatright. These women teach her the value of family, love, and trust with their sisterly ways. Lily and August regularly have heart to heart conversations about her family, community, and other subjects that Lily is surprised to learn that August cared about. August tells Lily that she can talk to her about anything (122). Lily settled in and became apart of their little family. Lily becomes, smart, cultured, and gainscourage. This is seen when T. Ray finds her months after she ran away. Lily waves off the convoy of August and Rosaleen, and alone reasoned with T. Ray (296). She is longer afraid of him and hasbecome a mature lady. In conclusion, Lily Owens' character has changed the most in Sue Monk Kidd's novel, The Secret Life of

This is complete darkness because it is showing the readers that she is going in blindly and is going with the flow. On page 92, August compares the world to bees by saying that the world was just "one big bee yard" What deflated April was when she wanted to get an ice cream cone and read cartoons like the white kids, but the store owner told her she couldn't. The real thing that deflated her though was when she realized she was not going to be treated equally and that life wasn't fair. If Lily had a wailing wall, some of the things she would put were: shooting her mom, her abusive father, not having anybody to talk to, no friends, wasn't popular, didn't have any nice clothes, never got gifts on her birthday or any holiday and that her father didn't let her write.

Mrs.Henry and Ruby stayed in her classroom all day because she couldn’t go to lunch or recess with the other students. If she had to go to the restrooms the Marshals had to help her down the hall to make sure she was safe. The Marshals walked Ruby everywhere home, to school, to the bathroom, everywhere and always by her side. By the end of the winter break, she was stressed out she had to see Dr. Robert Coles she saw him once a week either at her school or at her home.

Although she had an easier life in foster homes than April she ended up living the stereotypical life of a Metis. April's resiliance through all of the things that she had to endure when she was young, and the rape that occured when she was older, which was a direct result of Cheryl's lifestyle, is inspirational. April never blamed Cheryl and just wanted to be close with her younger sister again, but to no avail. With Cheryl commiting suicide, which is tragic, it opens up a door for April to take care of her nephew and make sure that he has a life that April and Cheryl could have only dreamt about. " Nancy began explaining but I stopped her.

Whereas Connie is considered beautiful, June is seen as “plain and chunky” (496). Regardless of their differences, both girls have one thing in common, they both love to spend time with friends and Connie uses this to her advantage. On several occasions, a friend’s father has left them off at the mall, however once they arrive, Connie travels across the street “ to a drive-in restaurant where older kids hung out” ( 497). It is here that she comes into contact with her future assailant, but at the time she ignored his attention.

Memphis and Stormy Littrell are healthy, bright, and happy sisters who were removed from their father’s home more than a year ago. His whereabouts are unknown, and their biological mother is incarcerated. They’ve been living in their current foster placement since October, 2014. Parental rights have been terminated, and the girls are about to transition to their risk adopt placement with their great-aunt in Kansas. A large, extended family is also located in Kansas, and they plan to be involved in Memphis's and Stormy's lives as well. Memphis is excited about visiting family in Kansas but expects to return home, and Stormy does not want to leave at this time.

died of child abuse. The foster parents, Patricia Coker, and her mother Betty Coker have

Moreover, Mary evolves that story and explains to her grandmother, Mrs. Tilford, that she saw the two women kissing through the keyhole in the door. Mary knew the power that her grandmother had over the school. Mrs. Tilford is one of the main financial contributors to the school. She is also a wealthy, influential older woman who is well respected throughout the town. But, because of her adolescence, Mary did not know the underlying effects of telling the lie to such a powerful person within the community. Mary does not realize that her actions have given Mrs. Tilford the power to ruin the school, the women’s reputations, and most importantly their lives. Although Karen and Martha never committed the act they were accused of, the lie spreads all over the town and ultimately results in the closing of the school and ruining their lives.

Eight years later George and Chapel gave birth to another daughter Barbara Cothren. Imogene and Barbara were close growing up. Even though there was an eight year age difference they both had a lot of fun together. They were raised at 1215 Myers Avenue in Ashland Ohio and attended Grant Street Elementary School. Some of Imogene’s favorite memories were at this house, playing outside with Barb without a care in the world.