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" 'We're not done yet,' Huck snarled. 'We're never gonna 

be done!' He jumped out the window, ran to his yellow 

Cadillac, and sped off. 'We're out of here,' Mama said, and 

right then that was fine by me" (Bauer pg. 8). Foster is 

first given notice that her life is going to change when her 

Mama's ex-boyfriend, an Elvis impersonator named Huck, 

chases them out of Memphis.

"Is there any place on this earth without an 

Elvis?" (Bauer pg. 28). Foster starts to doubt that 

she will like living in Culpepper when she finds out 

that there is a cat named Elvis living on the same 

property she is.

" ' She [Miss Charleena] said that you can 

come to her house with me," (Bauer pg. 64). 

Macon tells Foster that Miss Charleena, who 

used to be in movies and is the most famous 

person in Culpepper, that she said Foster could 

come to her house.

" 'There is no bird.' She studied my face. 

'You can't read. Can you?' " (Bauer pg. 102). Miss 

Charleena sends Foster on a wild goose chase to 

look for a bird because she wants to see if Foster 

can read.

" 'I could try to help you' " (Bauer pg. 109). Miss 

Charleena offers to teach Foster to read.

"'I'd say   you've had a serious breakthrough, 

Foster McFee'" (pg.192). Miss Charleena tells 

Foster that she has had a serious 

breakthrough with reading.

"'Your shirt reminded me of something I used to 

have.'

'What was that?'

'A white dress.'

Miss Charleena touched the white lace around her 

neck.

'It was an important dress. And it got ruined. I 

don't mean I spilled on it; it got ruined in another 

way. In sixth grade'" (pg. 193). Foster has a white 

dress that she wore to her sixth grade graduation 

at her old school. It got ruined because while she 

was wearing it, a boy called her limited because 

she couldn't read.

"'What's that?' Duke shouted. I gulped.

'Cupcakes.'

'Cupcakes?'

'Vanilla and Chocolate.'

I handed Babock to Amy. 'I need to get them out 

of the oven, and then the kids are going to make 

frosting'" (pg.217). Foster is baking cupcakes at a 

shelter for families who have a person in prison 

when Duke, an escaped convict comes and says he 

has a knife. Foster saves the day when she tells 

Duke that she is baking cupcakes.

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