2. She has a papaya tree.

3. She has a good relationship with her mother and brother, Vu.

4. She is very mischevious.

5. She is quite clever.

6. She is very resourceful.

7. She struggled to find friends at first, but thanks to her brothers, she has almost the entire school!.

8. She is brave.

2. She works a lot.

3. She does her best for her family.

4. She has a special relationship with Ha. 

5. She misses the Dad a LOT.

6. She does her best with the situation.

7. She lost her ringstone as a sign that the dad had truly died.

8. She is very spiritual.

2. He has a special relationship with his sister.

3. He is fourteen.

4. He wants to hatch a chick.

5. He loves joking around.

6. He has a bike.

7. He is the oldest kid in eighth grade.

8. He tries to help Ha the best he can with her bully problem.

2. He is twenty one.

3. He is studying engineering.

4. He is very upset about the war.

5. He is the most hopeful that Father will return.

6. On Christmas, he received an engineering textbook and a night college tuition.

7. He works with machinery and built his own car out of spare parts!

8. He can drive.

2. He is eighteen.

3. He has a strange obsession with Bruce Lee, and loves acting him out.

4. He defends his sister and family.

5. He is called Vu Lee.

6. He gained the entire school's respect after helping Ha face of against Pink Boy.

7. He made the Pink Boy cousin friendly toward them by giving her a ride on his motorcycle.

8. He is the oldest senior.

2. He was a war prisoner.

3. He's dead.

4. Everyone hopes he isn't dead and will return.

5. He is the cause of everyone being sad.

2. Tries to teach her English.

3. She is very patient.

4. Kim Ha can't pronounce her name right, because she struggles with the s sound.

5. Very nice, gives Kim's family gifts.

2. "Adopts" Kim Ha's family and takes them to Alabama with him and his wife.

3. Likes to eat KFC.

4. Is nice, unlike his wife.

5. Gives them a place to stay in his house until they can afford their own.

2. Doesn't like the Vietnamese family.

3. Tells them to go sleep in the basement.

4. Is not nice, unlike her husband the Cowboy.

5. Doesn't do anything for them.