Response #2

Here is a list of Illuminated things to page 63.
My secret birthday wish is to get a sister but I don't know how likely that is.p1
It'll be nice to have gentle men around,Aunt Alice says, skeptically eyeing the twins.p21
I notice that Isaiah is having none of the mutton stew,only vegetables. Every few minute she gives me a hurt look, a look saying How Can You Eat Mrs. Petersen?p50
I have plenty of brothers but only one Wilbert.p7
This is Astoria: a seamans village with houses perches on the cliffs overlooking the bay like eggs on hay,waiting to teeter off.p33 simile
The sheeps get stuck on the thorns and mew like cats until they rip themselves free and then they are hurt real bad.p44 simile
The Indians paddle smoothly and the sleek canoe is like a bird,it feels like it is gliding across the water, just skinning on the top.
He is Alvin's twin and they look as alike as two blackberries.p2 simile
Aunt Alice treats me as if I am all grown up and not only twelve,which is fine by me because I mostly feel as if I am practically a hundred years old.p11 simile
The sun is out a-shining which it hardly ever does and the Nasel is as calm and smooth as the inside of a clam shell.p24 simile
Shanghaied:To kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him.p14,15
 alliteration: Aunt Alice,I will not abide any arguments p3,
Matti laughs at us and says ,It will be a Real Miracle if you can manage to stay out of trouble for more than a day May Amelia.p43 hyperbole
The stars are so high in the sky that I imagine the angels themselves are holding them up and that this must be a miracle.p51 hyperbole