Chapters 6-7 Summary

Chapter 6. May Amelia feels like everyone is trying to force her into being a proper young lady. May Amelia would rather be a boy, however. When Wilbert gets a job as a whistle boy at the logging camp, May Amelia wants one too. Knowing they will not allow a girl to work for them, May Amelia has Wilbert cut her hair. When May Amelia goes to the camp to ask for a job, they recognize her and refuse to give her a dangerous job. However, they do agree to allow her to run down along the shore of the river and warn that the logs are on their way.

May Amelia and several of her brothers plan to go up to the farm of Lonny's cousin to help harvest cranberries. However, on the way they run into a cougar. It sounds...