How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
All through the month of August, Melanie and April were together almost every day. They played the paper-families game and other games, both in the Rosses' apartment and in Caroline's. They took Marshall for walks and to the park while Mrs. Ross was gone to her class, and almost every day they went to the library. (4.1)
Despite their many differences, April and Melanie become the best of friends. April even befriends Marshall, who is only four years old, because he's Melanie's baby brother and goes everywhere with her. Isn't that cute? And once they find out they have the library in common, there's no stopping them.
Quote #5
But with Melanie working her hardest as a go-between, it wasn't too long before things began to be a little better. The sixth grade began to find out that April had a way of making life interesting. (6.6)
Melanie could just abandon April to the wolves at school and pretend that she has nothing to do with the weird new girl. But instead, she actively works to help April fit in with the rest of the class. And lo and behold, she does.
Quote #6
April had been afraid—well, looking at Elizabeth's upturned face and pretty tilted eyes, wide with wonder at almost anything you told her, it was hard to remember just what she had been afraid of. She almost wished she hadn't been so convincing when she talked to Melanie the night before about how they didn't want anyone else butting into their friendship. (7.25)
April can be a tough sell when it comes to making new friends, but she immediately feels a kinship with Elizabeth. Despite all her moaning and groaning previously, she decides that it wouldn't be so bad to let her into the Egypt Game after all. There's step one in April's path to being more friendly.