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Reyna's dad and mom go to the USA, her mom comes back, and mom goes back to us but dad goes to Mexico. Reyna and her dad and sister go to our border and go to USA, and then Rayne go to school and when she was 18 her dad die and she went to college and she finishes school hoping for a better life.

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In part one. Reyne is worried because she does not know when her mom and dad are coming back. Reyne is Abandoned due to her mom and her dad going to the USA. Later, Reyne go to her grandmom's house and her grandmom made her do work and it made her feel independent.

In part 2, Reyne's dad got diagnosed with cancer. this made Reyne reality that her dad made her how she is. at the end of part 2, Rayne goes to college and she fell self-confident.

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"He’s my Papi,” I said, and I clutched the frame tight against my chest“ pg. 1

Rayna clutched the frame tight against her chest because she misses her father. This quote is important because her father is going to the USA so he can get money but for her. It is El Otro Lado and she does not know the El Otro Lado. In other words, Reyna does not know the other side because her mom and her dad did not tell Rayna of the other side.

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“ Now all I had to do was to focus on what I was there to do— make my dreams a reality”

This quote is important to the story because it shows that Rayna overcomes her obstacles by going to her dad in the U.S.

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The distance between us is about survival and triumph, of learning the no matter how difficult our childhoods might be, we owe it to ourselves to look toward the future with hope and to not let anything or anyone keep us from being the person we what to be. the theme is to not give up like her going us.

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As I read, I realized back then it was hard for Reyna because Mexico was a developing country that means Mexico has poverty that makes people have a harder time getting jobs and a harder time buying food and get clothes.

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