This story is in the third person', that is the narrator is not a participant in the story. But the narrator often seems to tell the story from the point of view of one of the characters in the story. For example, look at the italicised words in these sentences.
(a) Thank goodness, she did not live up on Boggins Heights or have a funny name. Whose thoughts do the words 'Thank goodness' express? Maddie's who is grateful that although she is poor, she is yet not as poor as Wanda, or as different (So she does not get teased, She is thankful about that).
Can you find other such sentences in the story? You can do this after you read the second part of the story as well.

Explanation

Students can do this activity themselves.