2.     What is the effect of the last sentence?
 The last sentence reinforces the idea that humans will never be able to control or guess what the weather will be like, and that the weather is controlled by someone/thing that is much more powerful then us. The idea of the mid-tide or as described in the chapter as good relaxing days, coming when you least expect them gives off the effect that we can never predict what’s to come giving off the idea that Isla, has learnt this from past experiences. 
 
 

·       ‘Blue sneakers’, ‘keeping up with my white ones’, ‘probably smiling’, ‘got electrocuted on the train tracks’, ‘was a graffiti artist and he painted some great work on the grey walls’, ‘bare concrete’, ‘jars and jars filled with bright pink and green apple drops, red-stripped sticks of candy, soft yellow squares coated with powdered sugar’, ‘almost pink and almost violet but not quite either’, ‘there was a giant in our house’, ‘chair pushed out so that his long legs could fit’, ‘small yellow teacup’, ‘eyes were a grey-blue like the sea’

Because of all the visual imagery used in this chapter it gives us a very good idea of what the author was trying to depict, and also about the setting in which the characters are living in and why they might response to something in a particular way.

2.     The chapter title and the first sentence on p. 29 refer to Bo as a giant. Why? What is the effect of this?

This first sentence gives us the visual that Bo is very big and rugged, although I do not believe this is the case because in the Prologue Bo is described not being tall rather being the smallest of all the men depicted. This description in the current chapter hence confuses us on what to believe. It might also be telling us that compared to Isla Bo is a giant, showing us how small Isla is, but if this is the case it hasn’t been made aware to us that his is the case. 
 To the children, Bo is impressive.
 

3. It is Bo who at last tells us the name of our narrator, Isla. And it is Isla who notices that “his eyes were grey-blue like the sea”. What is happening here?
This line shows us that Isla has a connection with the sea. It also shows us that she is creating a connection with Bo. This line also creates a connection between the two narrators, which makes the rest of the book easier to follow. 

How do we learn, on p. 32, that Bo is much more than just a giant or a Viking?
 On page 32 we learn that Bo becomes a father like figure to Isla. We learn that he is much more than a giant or Viking, when he constantly comforting Isla even when she does the walnut opening wrong, or when she opens one and there isn’t anything in it, he has a kid friendly reason why there mightn’t be a walnut in that shell. This reinforces the father like figure of Bo. We also get informed that Bo is smiling while doing this which shows us that he likes doing what he’s doing. 
The reference to "the fairies" and his wink allows us to see him as a gentle giant.