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The Glass Castle
69 chapters and 286 pages in book
Non-Fiction: Memoir--3-16 pages; total (16) Jeannette Walls saw her mom digging through the dumpster in a taxi. She asked the driver to back to her fancy house, which the mom doesn't live at. When Jennette was three she was cooking hot dogs and got her dress on fire, which burned her. She was in the hospital for about six weeks until her dad picked her up and ran to the car to go home. Jeanette plays with fire all the time to face her fears. -
The Glass Castle
16-24 pages; total (24)
Jeannette put a match toward her Tinkerbell doll and accidently melted part of its face. Rex Walls is Jeannette's dad, who told their family to get the car to leave the trailer site. They drove toward the city where the whole family is living right now. The family survived off the land. -
The Glass Castle
24-36 pages; total (36)
Jeannette flew out of the car and got all scraped up. She was afraid her family wasn't going to come back, like they did for their cat. Family came and headed on to Las Vegas for gambling. The family had to leave because people noticed what they were they were doing. Jeannette's dad calls it the "skedaddle". -
The Glass Castle
36-85 pages; total (85)
Jeannette's dad got fired from his job which caused fights between her mom and dad. Her mom got a job as a teacher. Jeannette's dad isn't wise with money causing the family to be more hungry than needed at times. When Jeannette was 18, this man Billy said he was Jeannette's boyfriend. Jeannette doesn't want to be his girlfriend. -
The Glass Castle
85-129 pages; total (129)
Jeannette and her family left Green Mountain to Arizona because the kids got in a deadly fight with Billy. The home in Arizona was one of Jeannette's grandmother's houses. When time went on the family chose to go to the Grand Canyon for a field trip, but the car broke down as the car increased speed. They travelled home faster because of a nice lady driving by, giving them a ride, instead of walking home. -
The Glass Castle
129-145 pages; total (145)
The family headed to Welch, West Virginia, where Jeannette's grandparents, on her dad's side, lives. The kids go to school in Welch, while the whole family lives at the grandparent's house. Jeannette was getting bullied at school, but after she carried a boy home the bullying decreased. The grandma, Erma, doesn't like blacks and the fact that Jeannette is helping one with a his or her studies. -
The Glass Castle
145-235 pages; total (235)
Jeannette's grandma dies, which the kids weren't as sadden as their parents because they thought they she was mean. Mostly, as time went on, Jeannette and Lori realize they need to get away and make a living of their own in New York after they finish high school. Lori and Jeannette worked more and sold items to save up the money. A family, who Jeannette babysat for was moving and invited Jeannette to come with, but she gave the offer to Lori to soon go to N.Y. -
The Glass Castle
235-288 pages; total (288)
As each kid became old enough to move to New York, they did and then the parents did soon after. Maureen got into trouble after high school and later moved to California. Jeannette's died due to cancer at about age 59. Brian got married, having a girl, but then divorced his wife later. Jeannette got married and then remarried to someone she truely loved.
