How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
They hadn't planned this properly. They hadn't planned it at all. Dicey couldn't see how they'd make it to Bridgeport, and a cold panic settled in her stomach. There was nothing for it though, was there? Just going ahead. People might give them food. She might be able to earn food or money, somehow. She couldn't think how they'd manage it. But they would have to manage it, somehow. Then she didn't think any more about it. She couldn't. (1.2.132)
This is where things first start to unravel. Dicey has made a decision to walk away from the car, but now she's regretting it a bit. She didn't really think this through—they have no food, no money, and no place to stay—and it's actually super scary.
Quote #2
Dicey didn't see James fall, because when he lost his balance she had taken off down the beach. She didn't know what she would do when she got there, but she would be as close as possible in case there was something she could do. She climbed over the small boulders at the bottom of the pile before she looked for James. He had disappeared—except for one foot, which stuck up over a rock above her head.
Dicey found James cradled in among rocks. His eyes were closed. His face looked pale. "James?"
He didn't answer.
Was he dead? That couldn't happen, could it? And why not, considering the other things that had happened. (1.4.135-138)
Super panic time: Is James dead? Dicey knows that there's nothing they can do for him if he's hurt, since they don't have money for a doctor (and they can't explain what they're doing anyhow). She's afraid because they're not immune to misfortune. In fact, they're kind of magnets for it.
Quote #3
Dicey had a sudden fear that she had forgotten where they were going, so she recited Aunt Cilla's address to herself. Mrs. Cilla Logan, 1724 Ocean Drive, Bridgeport. She ought to make the others memorize it. She made a mental note to do that as they walked that day. (1.7.4)
Um, yeah, that would be bad. In this is also a small worry: What if the kids get separated somehow? What will they do? If they can at least all know where they're going, Dicey can be a little less afraid.