How we cite our quotes: ("Story Name," Paragraph)
Quote #10
The Martians were there—in the canal—reflected in the water. Timothy and Michael and Robert and Mom and Dad. ("The Million-Year Picnic," 138)
Pretty cool way to end the book, huh? Is this family now a Martian family? Dad burned all their old Earth papers after all. The book opens with the image of snow melting to reveal the older identity of summer (the grass is "ancient" ["Rocket Summer," 2]), and it ends with the idea of a new identity replacing an old one. So... can identity change, after all? Will this family end up with Martian blood rather than Earth blood?