Chapter 2 Summary

Father loses his job at the factory and the family is forced to move to a hill overlooking the valley. The new house is huge and consists of numerous rooms upstairs. The furniture from the old house was included in the rent, so the new house is also sparse of decoration.

The yard consists of cinders and weeds, and the back hills are full of snakes, making it difficult for Frank to play in either area. He is mainly confined to playing on the porch or in the house. The porch was the most positive thing about the house, because from there the whole county was visible.

Around the time the family moves to the hills, David enters school at County Elementary. The school is all the way across town, so David takes a long trek there every morning.

His first grade teacher...