Chapter 25 Summary

Davey is very excited when she gets to Santa Fe. Life there is busier than in Los Alamos. She realizes that the movement of city life is part of why she has been so anxious to go home. Like Atlantic City, in Santa Fe, there are a variety of people doing so many different things that Davey just enjoys watching them. "In Los Alamos there is no one to watch...they have a sameness I find boring. In Santa Fe, the tourists mingle with the natives - the Spanish, the Anglos, the Native Americans." They are in a village in Santa Fe with quaint shops, reminding Davey of a book, Christmas in Other Lands, that she read in fourth grade. Davey sees a group of Indian vendors with wares for sale, laid out on blankets. Davey looks at the jewelry and decides to...