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Jeannette was caught on fire when she was only three years old and after that, she became very interested in fire instead of being scared. Whenever she saw a fire outside due to a neighbor burning things, she would run outside and see how close she could get to the fire before burning herself. She also would put a lighter really close to her favorite doll, but then actually burned the doll's face.

 Jeannette and her family travel in this car which they called the green caboose.



During part of their travel, they had to drive in a U-Haul truck. Because only two people can really fit, the children had to sit with the furniture in the back of the truck, which is illegal. One time the side doors opened of the back of the truck, and the children could not close it. Luckily someone was able to get Janette's father's attention so he could pull over and close the doors. They were also lucky that it wasn't the police that saw them back there.


While in their travel, Jeannette's mom saw a Joshua tree and was very amazed. Janette didn't like the tree, but her mom kept telling her that it's special because it looks the way it does because it was struggling.



Rex tells his family that when he finds gold and gets money that he will make their family a glass castle to live in.










Jeanette collected the rocks while her family was living in Battle Mountain. When they had to "skattatle" and only bring one thing with them, she was only allowed to bring one and leave  the rest of her collection behind.

This is an image from Battle Mountain, which is where the Walls stayed the longest and where they enjoyed to be the most.

They spent a lot time in Las Vegas, too. Rex won a lot of money because he was counting cards. When the casino found out about it, that's when the Walls had to move again so they could stay out of trouble.

 The Walls went to the zoo for the first time. Rex was teaching the kids not to be afraid of the animals, so he stared into a cheetah's eyes and then the cheetah came up to him and have him pet him. Janette was so excited and petted him, too. Other people thought they were really stupid and were scared for them, so they left the zoo.

 

When Jeanette went to Dinita's house to tutor her, her dad showed her the vent and she was really amazed by it because her family doesn't have money to afford one.

One day that Rex came home drunk, he was throwing the China dishes and breaking them. This is when Rex and Mary had a huge fight and chased each other around the house. The next day they acted like nothing had happened before.

When Billy comes over the Wells house, he starts shooting with his BB gun.
Jeanette and Brian found a diamond ring in the yard. They gave it to Mary so she could sell it and have more money in the house. Instead, she kept it to raise her own self esteem.

A man from the department of Child Welfare visits and tells Jaeanette that there are reports that children in the home are being neglected. Jeanette is angry and is afraid that she might be separated from her brothers and sisters. She then told her mom.Mary then painted a picture of a drowning woman.

Brian and Jeanette went to the pool on a hot summer day but had to leave because kids there were making fun of them for living in a garage. They then see Dinita who invites them to go swimming with her black friends. Jeanette was happy because she felt comfortable with them and had fun.

Dinita told Jeanette that she won't be attending school anymore because she is having a baby, but when she goes to visit her at her house, she finds out that Dinita was arrested for killing her mom's boyfriend that she hated. Jeanette was feeling close with her, and it is hard to have someone in her life be taken away especially with everything she has to deal with within her family.