throughout the book cassie has not liked T'J how does she react to mr logon sobering news about him

Although Cassie finds TJ annoying and a constant problem, she does not like to hear he was hurt and in trouble. Only after she watches Papa setting off into the forest after Stacey does she begin to cry. Cassie realizes that TJ will never be free to do all of the things she and her brothers do. She never liked him but he had always been there. She cries for the things which had happened that night: "for TJ. For TJ and the land."