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There were some surprises in these chapters. Two instances when I could not predict what was going to happen were when the preacher made up the story about the chotchotes and when Mawee showed up in the school yard. At the carnival, the preacher snuck Elijah away in the middle of the nioght to a carnival. The preacher makes up a story so that maybe the little orphan 'Ahbo' (Elijah) could join the carnival family and earn money to help the settlement. The owner of the carnival has a slave that enjoys working for him. The slaves name is Mawee. After Elijah left with the preacher, the preacher snuck back and threatened to shoot the slave and his owner if he didn't follow him. The next day, Mawee was found in nice clothes crying in the middle of the school yard. Those were two instances in these chapters that I could not predict.

If I were Christopher Paul Curtis, the author of the book Elijah of buxton, I woud change one thing about the book. I know that he tried to really emphasize their accent but it makes it harder to read. You don't always know exactly what the words mean because of the spelling or pronunciation.I would just change the way that the words are written in the book.