Reading Chapters 5 though 8 what stuck out to me was in chapter 6 when Sophie  arrives to New York. Sophie says that when she gets to the lobby there are tons o people there holding balloons and flowers. it was awkward for Sophie because she wants to hug her mother but she doesn’t really know her & she sort of didn’t know what she looked like. she feels like its the right thing to do because she sees other children doing it. Sophie’s mother Martine comes up to her and grabs her up and sins her so she can look at her (that’s how she knew it was her mother). Also, what stood out to me was when Sophie talked about how her mother looked. she said she was scrawny, wobbled holding her suitcase and she had dark circles under her eyes. That stood out because later we find out she works two jobs and hardly gets sleep. Later, you can see that there is a mother daughter relationship growing here because, Sophie sees how hard Martine works and even says I wish I can help you work one of your jobs for you. Sophie is giving her a chance.