chapter four

in this chapter maya talked about a black man that wore a suit that has land that sells medicine to the town people and how he is independent black man. then later she talks about how she was made fun of by people and the brother gets them back by joking with them and make them feel bad that made her feel better and later on they played when the grandma work in the shop and that mayas grandma sends them to get food at stores to get food because they do not have a freezer.

Chapter Three

Chapter Three started off by er talking about how her Grandmothers Store was her favorite place in the world before they moved
from Arkansas. Maya described it as a present left by a stranger, and everyday it felt like opening the same gift over again.
She then went on to explain how her daily life was, helping out with the the store and in the farmyard with all the animals.
Then,near the middle of the chapter, the ex-sherrif Mr. Steward warned Maya's uncle Willie that a black man was messing with
a white woman, and that he should hide out in the Store until "The Boys",referrring to the Klu Klux Klan, was coming to do a search for the man.They hid in the store and were safe.

chapter two

in chapter two maya talk about her uncle who is a shap of a Z because he was droped as a baby when he was getting cared by the baby siter and he is now hes cripled and the mom thinks it is her fult

Chapter One

The first chapter was Maya describing black life in the South. She and her brother Bailey had to move in with her grandmother,
who owned a well-known store. Maya described life in the south for black people as harsh, as they were all mostly
farmers, cotton-pickers, and field workers. Maya and Bailey's parents had a divorce, and sent them on a train from
Long Beach, California to Stamps,Arkansas in the south. She described the harshness of black life in the south as being
softened by natures blessings