The color of water 1-8

I like the way the story changes each chapter. It's like reading two different stories but in some ways they connect. I like Ruth but some of her views and parenting methods are a little too strict but I guess she has to be strict with twelve kids. Usually racial stories like this have to do with a black person in a white community but its the other way around and I think it's interesting because you see a community during the civil rights movement that doesn't accept a white person. If I were Ruth I probably would've run away from home. To say the least, I dislike her dad. It seems like Ruth spends more time with James than the rest of her children. Although her bike riding and the color of her skin are humiliating to James, he is very protective of her. He punches the child of the Black Panther member in the face out of rage and fear of his mother's safety. I love Ruth's response when James asks her what color God is. I was always curious when I was little too and I'm sure a lot of children are. She answered, "The color of water", which I think is the perfect title for the book.