Haddix used a very formal way of writing the book, the reason for why that was done is because the setting of the book was back in the early 1900’s, where everything was mostly proper and had barely any slang. “The automobile was really only inching along...”(152). At a later time, nearer to this date, we would just say car, or auto. Another craft she used was using hyphens whenever a character’s speech was cut off during dialogue. “‘It’s about that poor Italian girl-’”(153). Haddix also made sure to include many descriptions, which were to really set your feet in that setting, in that moment, at that time. “Men on the sidewalk waved their hats at her; women and children clapped.”(153). Whenever a character was thinking, the words would be
