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Before that...before that..." (3).

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"My papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air."
Emma Cadle

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"And me, my hair is lazy."
Jefe G

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"The way she said it made me feel like nothing."
Joseph V

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"My Papa's hair is like a broom"

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"It's small and red with tights steps in front and windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath" (4).

Aubriana J.

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"And Kiki, who is the youngest, has hair like fur." (6)                    Isabelle C

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"My mother's hair, like little rosettes"
Richard R

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"has hair like fur"- Marco B

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"It's small and red with tight step sin the front and windows so small you'd think you were holding they were breath."
Emma Cadle

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Name: Nathan E" My papas hair is like a broom..." "...and Kiki, who is the youngest, has hair like fur." "...like little rosettes, like little candy circles." Page 6

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"And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands" (6).

Aubriana J.

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"The third floor, the paint peeling, wooden bars Papa had nailed on the windows so we wouldn't fall out."
Jefe G

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"But my mother's hair, my mother's hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles..."
Joseph V

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"Windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath." - Lali Landry

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"Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in. There is no front yard, only four little elms the city planted by the curb."
Richard R

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"And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands." (6)
Mars Alexander

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" . . . and windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath." (4)
Isabelle C

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Name: Nathan E
"And out house would have running water and pipes that worked. And inside would have real stairs, not hallway stairs, but stairs inside the house like the houses on T.V. And we would have a basement with at least three washrooms..."

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"Windows so small you would think they were holding their breath."
Matthew A.

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"The snoring, the rain, and Mamas hair that smells like bread." Lali Landry

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"But my mother's hair like little rosettes, like little candy circles."
Nayomi R

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"And Kiki, who is the youngest, has hair like fur."
Matthew A.

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" our house would be white with trees around it, a great big yard and grass growing without a fence." Marco B

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But my mother's hair like little rosettes, like little candy circle."

Brayan A

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" And windows so small you would think they were holding their breath"
Brayan A

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"Our house would be white with trees around it, a great big yard and grass growing without a fence." Dylan S

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"It's small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath. Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in." (4)
Mars Alexander

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"its small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath.
payton h

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"My papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air." Dylan S

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"My Papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air." (pg. 6)- Molly F

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"I had to look where she pointed-the third floor, the paint peeling, wooden bars Papa had nailed on the windows so we wouldn't fall out." (pg. 5)- Molly F

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"I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor" (9)

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"Her house is like cat heaven" (13). -Emmett G

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"as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth" (11)

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"Its like the number nine."(10)
-Matthew Appleton

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"Baby cats, big cats, skinny cats, sick cats." (pg 13)
Joseph Villanueva

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"You don't pick your sisters, you just get them and sometimes they come like Nenny." Dylan S

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"I am a red balloon." (9)

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"two girls raggedy as rats"(12)

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"The boys and the girls live in separate worlds."

Richard R

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"Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandelier." (11) -Molly Fincher

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" Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor" -Lali Landry

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"She used to own a building big as a whale." Pg12

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"It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing." Dylan S

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"I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor."
Jefe G

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"The boys and girls live in separate worlds." (8) -Molly Fincher

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"...Songs like sobbing."Pg10

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"Cats asleep like little donuts." Dylan S

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"It is like the number nine. A muddy color.(10)"

Richard R

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"She used to own a building as big as a whale, but her brother sold it." (12) -Molly Fincher

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"She used to own a building big as a whale."
-Nayomi R

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"In Spanish it means too many letters."
Jefe G

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"The boys and girls live in separate worlds" (8).
Mars Alexander

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"Until then, I am a red balloon, a red balloon tied to an anchor." Pg9

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"In Spanish my name is made out of a softer something like silver." Tommy K

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"Cats asleep like little donuts.(13)"

Richard R

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"Cathy who is queen of cats"
Jefe G

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"I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor" (9)

Brayan Aguilar

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"like the number nine." -Marco B

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"and Mama's hair that smells like bread"

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"In Spanish it means to many letters"

Brayan Aguilar

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"The boys and girls live in separate worlds".
- Alina Juarez

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"She used to own a building big as a whale..."
(12) -Lali Landry

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"she used to own a building big as a whale"

Brayan Aguilar

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"It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he i s shaving, songs like sobbing".
- Alina Juarez

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"He is full of danger".
-Alina Juarez

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"It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings, when he is shaving, songs like sobbing" (10).
Mars Alexander

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"Two girls raggedy as rats live across the street" (12).
Mars Alexander

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"The boys and girls live in separate worlds"

Anthony R

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"At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth" (11).
- Tamara Osman

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""At school they say my name is funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth." (11) - Lali Landry

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"Cathy who is queen of cats has cats and cats and cats. Baby cats, skinny cats, sick cats. Cats asleep like little donuts. Cats on top of the refrigerator. Cats taking a walk on the dinner table. Her house is like cat heaven." - Macy Alvarez

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"My Papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air" (6).
Tamara Osman

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The boys and girls live in two separate worlds. Boys in their universe and the girls in ours.

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Two girls, raggedy as rats

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"Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in." - Alexia Arrieta

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"the boys and girls live in seperate worlds."(8)
payton hanson

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"And me, my hair is lazy." - Alexia

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"The boys and girls live in separate worlds."-Alexia Arrieta.

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"she used to own a building big as a whale"

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"It means sadness, it means waiting. It is like the number nine. A muddy color." - Alexia Arrieta

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"Her house is like cat heaven." - Alexia A

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"I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor" (9).

Aubriana J.

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"It is like the number nine" (10).

Aubriana J.

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"Our house would be white with trees around it, a great big yard and grass growing without a fence." Owen F

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"And Kiki, who is the youngest, has hair like fur." Owen F

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"Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor." Owen F

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"It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings." Owen F

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"She used to own a building as big as a whale." Owen F

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" Rachel is skinny enough to get up on the handlebars, which makes the bike all wobbly as if the wheels are spaghetti,"
-Seanna

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Can't you see they smell like a broom.
-SLG

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Tables with their feet upside down
- Ciara

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The dog is big, like a man dressed in a dog suit
- Ciara

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" It's like all of a sudden he let go a million moths all over the dusty furniture"
-seanna

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"And since Marin's skirts are shorter and since her eyes are pretty, and since Marin..." (27) - Yacquelin Cruz Loyola

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"Our house with it's feet tucked under like a cat."(22) - Yacquelin Cruz Loyola

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The same fat popsicle lips like everybody else in their family

Tahj

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"with the limbs flopping all over the place like untied shoes"- Emily

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One day we were passing a house that looked, in my mind, like houses I had seen in Mexico.