Point of View

The novel is written in the third person limited point of view. This means that it is not told by the main character. Rather, it is told by a narrator using pronouns like 'she' to describe the main character, Red. Still, the point of view is limited, meaning that the reader only knows what Red knows. Red is a child and does not understand all the intricacies of the foster system. She often does not know where she is headed, and she does not even know that her mother is out of prison. Because the author employs the third-person limited perspective, suspense is created as the reader is confused when Red is confused and finds out what happens no more quickly than Red does.

Red is a child, and as such, she often does not understand the motives of all the adults around her, especially...