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Rampant:
1. I think it means to go crazy or wild.
2. Rampant means flourishing or spreading unchecked.

Pg. 17

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Kenan Trebincevic:
Determined, Sporty kid.
"If I nailed this, at 10 years old I'd be the youngest brown belt in my division"

Pg. 15

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Kenan looked up to his coach named Pero, but one day, he was hung over and was missing practices. He ended up splitting the karate group and Kenan was dissapointed when he saw that Pero did not take him with him.

I am confused on why Pero did this, it is probably inferred later on but it is confusing because I thought that Pero liked Kenan the most.

Pg. 21

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"Suddenly, the sky roared."
Personification
What this shows is that how loud it was in the sky. It also shows how dangerous it was for them to be there at the time.

Pg. 45

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Malleable:
1. I believe it means to be gullible.
2. Malleable means easy influenced; pliable

Pg. 63

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"Darkness brought out my wrath"
Personification
What this mean is that at night or when times were dark, he became more foul and wanted revenge.

Pg. 64

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Eldin Trebincevic:
Gullible, Pilable
"My brother had always been more malleable than me."

Pg. 63

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Kenan's childhood was ruined the moment this war started.
"At eleven, I already understood that the politics of my country depended on our strategically located city, lying close to the Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian borders."

Pg. 74

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Lamenting:
1. I believe it means to be sad.
2. Lamenting means to mourn over a person's loss or death.

Pg. 140

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"She sneaked to the window to spy on the bleach blonde, who was walking up the steps with the giant, who reminded me of an action hero. He must have been six foot sevev, broad and blond."
Imagery
The author used imagery to let the audience imagine in their mind of what these characters look like.

Pg. 116

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Deca:
Rude, condescending.
"By now we understood Daca's subliminal message: hand over the rest of your valuables or we turn in Eldin and Dad."

Pg. 121

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"Back in the driver's seat, I noticed my camera on the dashboard. Damn, I'd forgotton to take a picture of Pero's grave."
Why in the book does it say that Kenan ended up not taking the picture of Pero's grave but there is an actual picture of Pero's grave?

Pg. 136 and 147

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"But now I was afraid that number 10 would be much harder to nail down"
Personification
What this means is that Kenan believed that number 10 on his list would be a lot harder to get done or complete.

Pg. 192

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Gutteral:
1. I believe it means something unpleasant sounding.
2. Gutteral means produced in the throat; harsh-sounding.

Pg. 195

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"...and convinced Milos I was cheating on him."
Why did Daca hate Zorica especially?

Pg. 195

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Milos:
misunderstood, kind
"Yes, I helped whoever I could. His voice cracked. When I saved this Muslim guy, Sead  Buric, from getting gunned down in his home, I could have been killed by my own men."

Pg. 200

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Tidja:
shy, artistic
Tidja came closer to me and whispered, Want to see a dragon?  I nodded yes, elated. She led me to her room and gave me a beautfiful picyure of a red creature with yellow horns that I made her sign for me."
"Want to come sit next to me? I asked, but Tidja, still shy around me, said, "No I'll stand."

Pg. 236 & 237

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"We were woken up at 5:00 a.m. by ear-shattering explosions; the Serbs were blowing up the Sava Bridge just two hundred yards from Grandma's."
Flashback
This is a moment that happened back in the book and is being revised in the future.

Pg. 232

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Myopic:
I believe it means to be self-centered
Myopic means lacking imagination, foresight or intellectual insight.

Pg. 246

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"Years later, an old lady who lived nearby said we left minutes before the street was taken over. Whoever stayed was killed on the spot."

When they discuss where they went after grandmas house, are they speaking infront of their children? If so, do their children already know about the war?

Pg. 241