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Current page #: 185
Character Name: Sol (aka Soledad)
Claim: Even though Sol is very young, she is very strong willed.
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1. "I have a project I wanna work on and I need to have it done by June third" (Kelly 126).
2. Blackbeard, the owner of the junkyard caught Manny, Caroline, and Sol on his private property. Instead of letting Manny or Caroline get caught, she gave herself up so they could get away (Kelly 139).
3. Vea took Ming's stuffed animal as a punishment for her behavior and Sol decided to sneak around the house to search for it. Even in her bedroom even though she might get caught (Kelly 177)!
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Even though Sol is very young, she is very strong willed. According to the text, Sol said, "I have a project I wanna work on and I need to have it done by June third" (Kelly 126). Here, she was talking to Manny about trying to build a treehouse for Ming because Ming was lonely and becoming very withdrawn because of Vea and their living situation. Sol does not have money or know how to build a treehouse but still wanted to try to help out her sister. On page 139, it stated that Sol let herself get caught by Blackbeard so Manny and Caroline wouldn't get caught. This doesn't just prove that she is strong but it also proves that she is willing to do anything to protect her friends. Based on what I read about Sol's search for Ming's stuffed animal even thought it was risky, it proves that she will stop at nothing to make her sister happy. Overall, this confirms that Sol is strong willed. She not only will do what she can for her friends and family but she is not afraid of the consequences because she knows it's for a good cause. I think the death of her mother and the abandonment of her father made her this way. I can infer this because she had to become strong in order to survive a life in a foreign country with a woman who did not love or care for her.

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Book Title: The Land of Forgotten Girls
Author: Erin Entrada Kelly
Date Started: March 20, 2017
Reading Rate: 88 pages per week
Current Page #: 56
Main Character: Sol (Soledad). She is a 12 year old Filipino girl who immigrated to the United States with her dad, stepmother, and younger sister. She was about 8 years old when she arrived in the United States. Based on what I have read so far, I have learned that Sol is very hard on herself, stubborn, and protective of her little sister.
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1. Ming is Sol's littler sister. She doesn't remember much about her life in the Philippines. Ming is very quiet. She doesn't speak to her stepmother because Vea is mean. She also doesn't really have many friends. She tries to keep herself occupied with art and her imagination.
2. Manny is Sol's best friend. He is Spanish and I think he may have a crush on her from the subtle hints he tries to give Sol. He lives close to Sol and goes to school with her. They hang out often.
3. Vea is Sol's and Ming's stepmother. She married their father after the death of their mother so she could go to America with them. Sol's father married her so she could help raising his two girls. (Sol's father went back to the Philippines for a funeral at the beginning of the book and never came back).
POV: First Person
Setting: The book takes places in Giverny, Louisiana. The area that Sol lives in is a poor neighborhood. It is mostly city-like. Sometimes there are flashbacks to the Philippines when Sol has memory moments about her deceased mother. I'm not sure what year it is but it sounds like it could be present tense or within the last 10 years. The language is pretty modern.
Interesting Noticing: Vea is very mean to Sol and Ming but she continues to "take care" of them even though their father has left. I wonder why she is doing this instead of simply sending them back home to the Philippines, putting them in a home, or abandoning them. This is a contrast and contradiction and I am curious to see how Sol, Ming, and Vea's relationship develop.

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