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she goes to parties to find things out and something bad always happens at them, like her mom punishing her because she snuck out.

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she starts to understand why her mom is the way she is all of the time. important growth for our MC.

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she enjoys a single class in school and her teacher helps her out a ton, she also uses it as a marker for when she can move out and leave.

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although she is never alive during the book everything in Julia's life gets worse when she dies and never seems to leave. Olga is also the cause of the mystery element in this book as well.

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she is the mother of Olga and Julia and is constantly butting heads with Julia (the MC) and comparing her to Olga. because of this they are always at ends with each other.

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she is the MC and is the narrator of the book as well. she is a Mexican and was born in America and wants to go to college and get a good-paying job but is faced with her sisters death and her mom is always trying to get her to be a perfect Mexican daughter which does not suite Julia at all and makes her hate her life in many areas. she also hates school and gets into trouble but likes English class a lot and has a reliable teacher to help her out.

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Aba is Julia's dad and is either working hard at the factory or watching tv at the house,  he lets Julia do things that her mom would not let her do which makes Julia respect him more and have some freedom at home when her mom is away working. he also tells Julia that he does not cair what she does when she grows up as long as she makes enough money to be happy.

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he is a very patient and understanding man who help her along the way through the book, he helps her search for collages, answer her questions and be a father figure for her when she needs it because her actual dad is distant.

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the family has a major role when it comes to Mexican culture and some females never leave home. this is why Olga's death hits Julia's family so hard and because of this Julia, unfortunately, suffers more than what she expected.

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Dreams and hopes are the only things keeping Julia going in her life at this time, she can't even walk home from school without being harassed by a group of guys in a car. but she always keeps trying day after day to get out of the hell hole she is living in.