Living In Welch

Right now in the book they are the poorest they probably have been so far in the book. They were living with their grandmother in a samll town named Welch in West Virginia but after the grandma tried to molest her younger brother and they started fighting her they were forced to move out. the house they moved into doesnt have any running water that means no showers, no running toilets, no faucets, or anything like that. they only have electricity when they pay for the gas bill which isnt that often. Now there also happens to be a hole in the ceiling which they have tried to patch up, but did not do that good of a job at. And to make matters worse they also arent fiting in well at that school, it is a very weird town and the kids dont like new people.

If i were jeanette i would have a hard time adjusting to that situation. I think that it was a good thing that they moved out from their grandmas house though. She was abusive and you could tell she didnt love them like a grandma should, she wouldnt even let them call her grandma, they had to call her by her first name which was Erma. She also made them stay in the basement and if they talked too loud-talking loud to her was anything over a whisper- she would yell and threaten them. Also lets not forget that she tried to molest Brian until Jeanette noticed and stoped her.

But now their situation isnt the best either but their trying to make the best out of the situation, like Jeanette usually does. Their school also is full of bullies who used to beat up Jeanette everyday, that is until she helped the "leaders" neighbor and they stoped picking on her. I think that its very conserning that that can all go on, the bullying, the grandma, and now the house. I think they are pretty tough to make it through all that.