Text analysis
I think in the first 5 chapters the Author used very good vocabulary. He starts the scene with a sizzling start in the market and he quickly introduced the first character as a boy stealing food from a rich lady than there is a chase. I think that an action scene is used to engage the reader early on and make sure the reader stays on the edge of their seat. A second character is than introduced which provides a bit of backfill on the boy and the time and place. When the group got to the barn that is when the main backfill scene starts and the story is set out.