Reading Response #2: Girls Don't Fly

The story line has been pretty slow-going in the past few chapters. Not much has changed. Myra walked out of her job at the Ice Cream Parlor after getting into a minor dispute with Erik. Her sister moving in has become another stress because they are polar opposites. Much like how my sister and I are; yet another relation to the book. She's still dead set on saving the money to go on this trip to the Galapagos Islands.

One of the things I've grown to enjoy about this book is how the author starts each chapter. At first I was unsure of it, but the further I get into the book the more intrigued I'm becoming. Each chapter starts with a definition. They always pertain to birds, and in some way the events in the chapter also. For example, tenth chapter begins with "homing: when a bird comes home after getting lost." The chapter is about Myra's older sister, Melyssa, coming home. Her and her boyfriend had a fight and he left. Between the stress of the break up and the baby she decides to take some time off school and come home. Another one I enjoyed was the word "irruption: when a bird shows up where it doesn't normally go." I honestly didn't even notice the relation of these words to the chapters until a few days ago but now that I have, the book has become even more interesting.



Sea Gull "Everyone thinks of them as trash birds, but not every bird would pick a field clean of crickets for starving pioneers." -Myra page 2

What I haven't been able to figure out yet is the significance of the birds. Nothing has indicated that bird are a big part of the story besides Myra shooing her bother's away from a seagull that they were trying to throw rocks at. I'm curious to see if the Galapagos Islands is where the bird significance will come from.

That's all for now, hopefully next time there will be more interesting things to share!