"There was a beautiful day unfolding outside, with fleecy clouds in a blue, blue sky, and a mild breeze rustling the grass in the backyard" (pg. 1)
Luke stands outside one last time, and the scene described is a beautiful one. The sky is "unfolding," which gives a sense of new beginnings; the blue sky, grass, and clouds paint a picture of a truly idyllic scene. This makes it even sadder that Luke will have to give up such a scene in order to protect his existence from the Population Police.
"The Big Car Family had four expensive cars sitting in their driveway. The Gold Family all had hair the color of sunshine. The Birdbrain Family had set a row of thirty birdhouses along their backyard fence, even though Luke could have told them it was pointless to do that until spring. The house he could see best, right behind the Garners’ backyard, was occupied by the Sports Family. Two teenaged boys lived there, and their deck overflowed with soccer balls, baseball bats, tennis rackets, basketballs, hockey sticks, and apparatus from games Luke could only guess at" (pg. 37)
Luke comes up with his own names to describe the Baron families that move into his neighborhood, and the names he comes up with vividly depict their appearances and pursuits.
“She was mostly facing away from Luke, and she wore jeans and a gray sweatshirt not much different from what the Sports Family brothers always wore. Her dark hair was almost as short as Luke’s. But there was something about the curve of her cheek, the tilt of her head, the way her sweatshirt clung or didn’t cling to her body—all of that made Luke certain she wasn’t like him” (pg. 57)
Luke has met Jen for the first time - she's the first girl other than his mother that he has ever met. This quote hints at the sexual feeling that Luke feels when he notices how her sweatshirt does and doesn't cling to her form.
”Soon the car was passing the other side of the barn and the field beyond, views Luke had never seen, though he’d lived his entire life within a hundred yards of them” (pg. 152)
Luke is driving away to his new life as a Baron child, enabled by the fake ID provided by Jen's dad. This quote doesn't describe the individual sights that Luke sees; instead, it emphasizes his amazement at finally seeing things that he has never seen his whole life, despite the fact that they are geographically close to him.
