skagit harbor: july 23

The crucial point in "Freaky Green Eyes" is when the girls visit their Mom in Skagit Harbor. There is a big description given of Skagit Harbor. It is the complete opposite of Yarrow Heights (where their father lives). It is colorful and full of life. The people have economic problems but they are happy anyway. They are not superficial like Franky's Dad and it is forbidden in Yarrow Heights to let dogs (like Rabbit) run loose in Yarrow Heights. I think these metaphors are great. The two different cities represent the two different characters Krista and Reid. There is also a burrow close to Krista's house, which she shows to her daughters... she said that someone could leave a secret message for someone. Maybe she is going to leave a secret message there for her daughters... we'll see ...This is what Kristas little cabin could look like.

Everything seemed to be so peaceful and nice until Franky's Dad came to pick them up. That was a really sad scene. I was shocked and I didn't know what was going on. As well as the Franky and Samantha didn't have any idea what was happening in this moment.

"No. Go away. Go away with your father. You can't stay with me, there isn't room, for God's sake go with him."
[...] She was so weak, pathetic! I didn't even fell sorry for her now, I just wanted to go away from her.

At the end of this Chapter Franky said that this would be the last time she ever saw her mother. I am really wondering if that is true ... I'm excited to see what is going to happen. The author did this on purpose to make want to read the next chapter to get more answers :D but she did a good job on making the plot interesting.

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