https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52 Spanish Quarter Project - 4 en-us 2018-05-14 23:05:35 UTC 2018-05-14 23:37:17 UTC hello@padlet.com calebd1018 https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52/wish/260662558 Reyna Grande: Narrator/ Main Character
Mago Grande: Older sister
Carlos Grande: Older brother
Mami: Reyna's mother (Leaves for the U.S)
Papi: Reyna's father who (Leaves for the U.S) ]]> 2018-05-14 23:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52/wish/260662558 calebd1018 https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52/wish/260662893 When Reyna was 4, she was sent with her siblings to her Grandmothers house. Abuela Evila was very strict and did not like the Children at all. Reyna's cousin was showered with gifts and love while they were viewed as a burden. 

]]> 2018-05-14 23:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52/wish/260662893 calebd1018 https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52/wish/260664284 The next couple chapters depict the lives that the kids had. School was the best place for Reyna because that is where she could shine the most. 
- There was no money coming in so the had to make it by on their own
- Everything was okay until they found out their mother was pregnant. ]]> 2018-05-14 23:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52/wish/260664284 calebd1018 https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52/wish/260664566 - Reyna was stung by a scorpion and was taken to the doctor which cost a lot of money. 
- Another women becomes a motherly figure to the children Tia Emperatriz.
- Mami comes back with her new daughter Elizabeth (Betty to them)
- Papi left Mami for another women and the kids soon found out that she is not the same loving mother she is full of spite and anger. ]]> 2018-05-14 23:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52/wish/260664566 calebd1018 https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52/wish/260665007 - Living with their grandmother is already hard, and a flood comes in and kills one of the cousins. 
- Without a father Carlos becomes attached to a man named Tio Crece which is a schizophrenic.
- Mago gets a job at the train station. 
- Mami takes the Children to see a movie after her first paycheck. ]]> 2018-05-14 23:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52/wish/260665007 calebd1018 https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52/wish/260665429 - Mami comes home with her new boyfriend and Mago throws a fit. 
- The children are now living with Tio and Abuela Chita. 
- Papi shows up one day and says he is there for the children to take them to the United States. ]]> 2018-05-14 23:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52/wish/260665429 calebd1018 https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52/wish/260665696 "The distance between us and our parents was destroying our relationship more than any of us could have imagined" (p.57) 
This shows the harm that can be done to families that are separated by country.]]> 2018-05-14 23:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/calebd1018/23v39iw6ji52/wish/260665696