One of the reasons I think Lyddie should not sign the petition is because she needs to have more money to pay off the debt of the farm. In chapter 9, Lyddie wants to make sure all of her family is alive and well so they can go back and live together on the farm. Lyddie states that…."She must earn all the money to pay what they owed, so she could gather her family back on the farm...". This means that Lyddie must get her family together before she loses the rest of them . Lyddie must gather up more money than she already has, to be able to get the farm and reunite their
