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Grace is very nervous about meeting Maya, but after meeting her and spending time with her, they start to act sisterly, contradicting her nerves at the beginning of the book. (13-56). This is very important in the book because had the two sisters not meet, then Joaquin wouldn't be brought into the equation and the book wouldn't have ended the way it did. If her and Maya did not form this relationship, then Grace would probably still struggle mentally and still remain at square one.

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Definition: Sad or miserable in appearance
Text: "Maya suddenly looked very woebegone" (217).

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"When Maya was little, her favorite movie was the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland" (16).

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"Touche. Do you miss her?" ... "A little," he said. "Sometimes." "He missed her every single minute of the day" (131).

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"Wham bam Thank you, ma'am'' (190).

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"Why do you have to burn down the house with everyone inside" (200).

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"Just poke and poke?" She stepped forward Maya, poking her in the shoulder" (199).

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"Maya's dad moved out on Sunday morning." (154). After their dad moves out, it sort of sets up the rest of the book's falling action; Maya & Lauren's mom going to rehab, her breakup with Claire, and it pushes her to agree to find Melissa, which helps wrap up the resolution of the book.

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Mark and Linda tell Joaquin they want to adopt him. When asked, he is unresponsive. They tell him to take his time with his decision but are anxious about what the answer might be (27-56). This is an important event because it shows Joaquin that Mark and Linda care for him and truly appreciate him. They want him in their life long term which is something he is not used to. He is used to unstable homes and environments, so this is a new change for him and means the world to him. However, he is very fearful because he has trust issues from his past traumas.

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Definition : release or free from a tether.
Text : She was untethered, floating away. (10)

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"He'd be lying if he said it didn't feel good to feel that kid's pulse beating fast against his arm, his breath short, his eyes wide open." (252) After the sibling's run-in with Adam at the mall, we learn a lot about Joaquin's past. We learn more about Joaquin and uncover his past. He tells us what happened with the Buchanan’s and reveals his fears.

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When the siblings meet with Jessica, Joaquin opens the safe that uncovers his past, Grace is inspired to meet Milly, Maya sees her mom for the first time, and Joaquin ultimately decides to allow the adoption to go through with Mark & Linda. If it weren’t for the kids meeting Jessica, then the rest of the book wouldn’t have gone the way it did. A few of Joaquin’s psychological problems were resolved when he opened the safe box, Grace wouldn’t find the courage to meet Milly, Maya wouldn’t have updated or reunited with her mom, and Joaquin wouldn’t have changed his mind about letting Mark & Linda adopting him.

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"Joaquin liked being alone without anyone around him. The aloneness felt more like his choice that way" (27).

Joaquin is the oldest out of the 3 siblings. He is a senior in high school, and unlike his sisters, he was not adopted. Joaquin spent his life in the foster care system going through various different homes and enduring trauma because of the way he was treated. Joaquin is extremely quiet, secretive and caring. Joaquin also struggles with trust issues which is something he must work towards to overcome. He does not talk much and struggles with opening up to people but he is a very great listener. Joaquin is very doubtful of himself and does not give himself the credit he deserves. He is viewed as a very brave, strong and loving person by his loved ones, but he thinks the opposite of himself.

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Grace deals with the dilemma of wanting to tell her siblings about Peach, but the truth comes out anyways when Maya grabs her phone. (299). This is important because this is part of Grace's climax and it uncovers a lot to her siblings about her past. Once they all know about Peach, Grace accepts her past and moves on with her siblings.

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"When Maya was a little girl, her favorite movie was the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland. She loved the idea of falling down a rabbit hole, of plummeting into something that she wasn't expecting" (16).

Maya is 15 years old and is the youngest out of the 3 siblings. She was adopted into a family full of red heads and often time feels like she does not belong. Growing up, Mayas adoptive parents have always fought behind closed doors, but over time the arguments got louder and became not so private. Maya and her sister Lauren have struggled with her mom being an alcoholic and their parents getting divorced, but they got through it together. Maya is very adventurous, caring, stubborn, protective, talkative, and has a tendency to make everything about herself.

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Definition: excessively or affectedly quaint, pretty, or sentimental
Text: "Maya look unimpressed, is she twee?" (219)

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Joaquin has kept us curious about the Buchanans. He finally tells the story to Maya and Grace and now gives us a better understanding of his character. The incident with the Buchanans was that he was a temper and angry filled kid and thew a stapler and knocked out his baby sister giving her a concussion and putting him back in foster care (252-262)

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While reading about Joaquin’s session with his therapist (122-134), the audience is given more clarity concerning his inner dilemmas. He has always been closed off and the audience is quick to assume it’s due to him wanting to keep his cool and remain mysterious. After reading these pages, the audience realizes that he doesn’t want to be vulnerable and get hurt and that’s why he is choosing to remain closed off. This is important because the audience realizes that he's experienced and had more past traumas than he's letting on, which intrigues the audience to find out and uncover what he's been hiding.

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Definition: Fearless or adventurous
Text: Grace wanted intrepid explorers who minded for gold - because they were about to strike it rich" (5).

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Definition : reminiscent of the novels of charles dickens especially in suggesting the poor social conditions.
Text : "it made him think of dickensian orphans , old windows,puppies abandoned in the rain". (217)

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At the beginning of the book, Grace is nervous about meeting her siblings and the fear that they might not like her. However, after meeting both of them, it shows that she had nothing to be worried about because they were both friendly. As the story continues, they all start to bring their guard down and be themselves, which is what lead to the three catching on and click vingery quickly.

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"Peach was perfect. Grace was not. And Peach deserved perfect" (9).
This quote is very significant because it shows how much Grace cared for her babygirl, Peach. Grace wanted the best for Peach because she knew what kind of life she deserved. Peach deserved a fulfilling and amazing life which is something Grace was not able fully to provide for her at the time. This proves to us that Grace is very unselfish and always wants the best for her loved ones, no matter how bad it hurts her.

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"I was wondering if I could buy tamales from your family this Christmas" (80).
Based on this remark, we easily learn that people stereotype Joaquin based on his looks. People assume that his family is hispanic, but in reality they are not. He struggles with this because no one takes the time to know his situation before assuming who he is as a person. People just look at his appearance and assume they know everything, and do not take the time to acknowledge that he is a foster child.

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"Leave it to Peach to steal Max's thunder" (8).

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"The roller coaster train climbing up the track" (47).

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"He had Maya's brown eyes and curly dark hair and Graces tight, set jaw" (71).

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"Grace was half ready to jump up, tuck Peach under her arm, and run like a linebacker toward the end zone" (9).

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Defenition : denoting a type of traditional Mexican folk music, typically performed by a small group of strolling musicians dressed in native costume.

Text : The photographer arranges their whole group,even the mariachis. ( 370)

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Definition : an object kept as a reminder or souvenir of a person or event.
Text : There was no picture of melissa, or fingerprints, or a note or memento. (12)

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Definition : A Spanish word which is a term of affection and fondness.
Text : " The foster mom who stroked his hair and called him carino" (29).

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Definition : a synthetic form of oxytocin, used to induce labor.
Text : "There was pitocin and white-hot pain that seared Grace's spine and ribs and hips into rubble" (8).

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Definition : "having, caused by, or relating to neurosis
Text : "Neurotic , emotional, she recited ticking the emotions off her fingers" (125).

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"Grace knew that somewhere in the world was a woman who had maybe hurt like Grace was hurting now. Meeting her mother wouldn't bring Peach back to Grace, or fill the cracks that were threatening to shatter her into pieces, but it would be something. Grace needed to be tethered to someone again" (11).

Grace is 16 years old and is the middle child of the three siblings. Grace was adopted by very loving and supportive parents who raised her as an only child. She gave birth to her baby Peach that she had to put up for adoption. This caused Grace to become depressed and often times anxious. Sadness and loneliness followed Grace after she gave away her daughter. Grace finally started to feel happy and safe again when she started bonding with her two siblings. Grace is extremely kind, caring, brave, and strong. She cares about her loved ones so much, and is very protective over them.

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(326) Joaquin, Mark, and Linda get into a verbal argument about them buying Joaquin things; more specifically, the car and him feeling like he owes them due to her anxiety and self sabotage. Hurtful words were said by Joaquin, making him feel like he can't come home, but he eventually apologizes, which helps him move on from his past and allowing the adoption to through.

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At the end of the book the 3 teens meet Jessica, who says "I think losing you broke her." (345) Joaquin and Maya were convinced that Melissa hated them, therefore, they didn't want to meet her. However, after meeting Jessica, they find out that they were wrong. She loved them so much, and that she tried her hardest to keep them but she couldn't even support herself.

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Throughout most of the book, Joaquin still doesn’t trust himself because of what’s happened in his past with the Buchanan's. Readers start to realize this while reading into his past in pages 122-156. This doubt and self-doubt is what causes conflict in his relationships, such as the break up with Birdie and the fight with Mark and Linda. In the duration of the book, he struggles with coming to a decision of allowing Mark & Linda to adopt him because of the underlying mistrust within himself; it makes him reluctant to allow Mark and Linda’s adoption to go through.

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“ I found a really great family for her.And she’s perfect and they love her and she’s happy! She’s going to be so happy and she’ll have everything I couldn’t give her!” (300).
This is important because it gives grace a chance to tell her siblings what has happened to her and hints why she wants them to find their birth mom and see that her leaving them was for a good reason. It also shows  that she still feels horrible for leaving peach and doesn’t want to repeat what her mother did to her.

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“I’m breaking you with you,” She said to Claire , then watched as Claire seemed to wither right in front of her eyes” ( 200).
This is important quote for Mya’s character as it shows how stubborn she can be and how far she can go with keeping her problems to herself and not telling anyone about them even if it means she hurts others in the process

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“Dad”, he whispered. “Mom” Joaquin’s parents just held him tighter and they never let him go” ( 355).
This shows how Joaquin has finally come to terms with his new foster family and how he has moved one from his pass trauma and is ready to move on with his life and his new family. He has finally given himself the chance to open up his heart again to new people in his life again.

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( 106) when Adam was bullying grace the whole time in class with him calling her names and asking rude questions about peach and her pregnancy. When Adam played a baby’s cry on his phone grace has had enough and punched him repeatedly in the face. This causes her to run out of the classroom and hide in the bathroom. She made a new friend talked to him until her mom picked her up.

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When Grace returns to school (105) after having her baby, she finds that she's lost her friends, especially her best friend and feels all alone. She ends up having a class with Max, along with his friend Adam, who torments her. She reaches her last straw when he pulls out his phone to play the sound of a crying baby, so Grace punches him, occurring in a fight.

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(198) When Claire and Mya get into an argument about how Lauren was talking to Claire behind mya back about everything that has been happening inside their house. Claire was upset with Mya at the fact that she was keeping everything away from her especially since they were dating. Mya gets upset because she believes that Claire was getting into her business and it was making her uncomfortable so she decided to break up with her. This causes Mya to be more of a shut in with her family.

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"The three of us together, no matter what, right?"(350) This is at the end of the book when they are all together and nervous for what comes next. They use this question to show that they will never leave each other because they are the realist family they have. It is the over all premise of the book. The theme is family is family no matter the circumstance.

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In the story we see grace go back and forth with herself about wanting to see her birth mom thinking that it will be a good thing for her family and herself. But she finds out that her siblings have no interest in finding her believing that she didn’t care about them since she put them up for adoption.  ( 181) ( 306-307)

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"she was crumpled like a baby bird that had fallen out of its nest, and there was blood coming from her head, staining the marble floor that was freezing cold under Maya's bare feet."(204) This is how Maya finds her mom bleeding on the floor out. It is one of the most crucial pivotal moments, but this is when Maya comes to a new realization concerning how mom, which changes the rest of the story line for Maya.

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Joaquin's therapist, Ana gives him advice about his sisters and his foster parents. Ana tells Joaquin "You can't just push family away. You're always going to be connected to them" (131). Ana knows Joaquin has a past of pushing people away, and she doesn't want him to do this to the people who actually love and care for him. She tells Joaquin the truth even if he doesn't want to hear it. Joaquin appreciates this and it makes him look at his relationships from a different perspective. It makes him realize that the people in his life really do care for him and he needs to value these relationships as much as they do. He now understands that he needs to keep them in his life and not push them away like everyone else.

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"You pushed me away. There was no missing the wobble in Claire's voice when she said, 'You can't just keep opening and closing this door, saying nothing to me then texting me in the middle of the night. Shit, Maya, you broke my heart.'"
(317) This quote results from when Maya texted Claire to meet up the night before they she goes to look for her birth mom. She tells Claire everything and Claire makes her realize that she is more like Joaquin than she thought. She pushes away the people she loves the most but doesn't realize she is doing it.

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Throughout the book, Joaquin talks about his old foster family who were going to adopt him like Mark and Linda want to. We hear the name Buchanans over and over again throughout the story and the negativity that comes along with it. We know that he is traumatized by that family, but we don’t get to know what happened until later in the novel. This is reinforced throughout the story to ensure that the reader understands there is a reason why Joaquin does not want to be adopted. His past traumas have created trust issues that he has too soon overcome. (171)

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"You're her kids. You're Melissa's kids." (339)
Jessica is shocked and ecstatic when the kids find her. They were looking for Melissa and end up finding her sister; when she mentions Melissa's name, Jessica understood and was overly excited to have found them as well. This quote is the bonding moment between these kids and their aunt, as well as accepting and understanding their mother's story and past.

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When grace hears Adam play a baby’s cry on his phone it reminds her of peach crying and how she feel horrible about leaving her for a new family. This made her get very upset and punch Adam for doing that to her. (106) This is important because it shows how grace feels about peach and her pregnancy.

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When grace goes back to school everyone is shocked to see her back some are even judging her for this and grace can see everyone looking at her and thinking mean things about her. So after punching Adam and running to the bathroom she surprised that someone talked to her inside despite her having a runny nose and bruised hands looking disheveled from head to toe Raf still took time to talk to her and it made grace day slightly better. (106 - 110)

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"in one of the homes when i was six" he said instead "every-one got bikes for christmas. Even the foster kids, so that was a big deal."(287)

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