2..Kim is a little bit of a rebel and is somewhat petty.

3.. Kim loves papayas and is actually growing a papaya tree.

4.. Kim is very envious of boys because they get to have a lot more freedom than she is allowed as a girl.

5..Kim starts to learn English and is very confused on S and when it gets added onto certain words and begins to look at a dictionary for more understanding.

6..Kim does not like American food and so she refuses most of the American food given to her when her family was sponsored.

7..Kim starts going back to school and eats in the bathroom to avoid the confusing seating as well as the pitiful and bullysum kids.

8..Kim tells her after school teacher, Mississ Washington, about her eating in the bathroom and how she doesn't even really like the food.

9.. Kim saves up her lunch for dinner because it's better than "hard rolls".

10.. Kim owned up to all the bad things she did because she believes she brought bad karma to the family.

2.. Mother was in a prearranged marriage but she still loved father very much and it shows through her expressions.

3.. Mother is a secretary and at night she's a seamstress despite no one buying her clothes.

4..Mother is a smart woman and put Christian in her families description in order to be sponsored by a family and to leave the refugee camp.

5..Mother is very mindful and stopped Uncle Son from moving to Canada because she knew his wife wouldn't want him to.

6..Mother still loves to sew and continues to sew even in America.

7..Mother still misses Father and follows her religion to chant for him to come back.

8..Mother gets baptized first of the family.

2.. Father was on a mission when he ended up getting captured and never coming back home.

3.. Father brought a lot of joy to the house when he was there.

4.. Father was bestfriends with Uncle Son.

5..Father got Mother an amethyst ring.

6..Father was discovered to actually be gone.

2.. Brother Khoi is 14 years old.

3.. Brother Khoi is the 3rd oldest of the siblings.

4..Brother Khoi carried a dead chick with him for days on the boat.

5..Brother Khoi starts giving rides to Kim to and from school on his bike.

6..Brother Khoi tried to help Kim from getting beat up by picking her up but he didn't show up on time.

7..Brother Khoi's bike got a flat tire and he had to carry it to school.

8..Brother Khoi is the only one that Kim Ha can hang out with.

2.. Vu loves Bruce Lee and is entirely obsessed with him.

3.. Vu is 18 years old.

4..Brother Vu although being capable did not end up hitting anyone when they bullied him.

5..Brother Vu changes his name to Vu Lee.

6..Vu starts teaching Kim how to defend herself just in case anything is to happen to her.

7..Brother Vu is very well liked at school and him showing up for Kim led people to leave her alone.

8..Brother Vu is very popular with the ladies.

2..Quang is 21 years old.

3.. Quang is studying engineering.

4..Brother Quang is the only one that knows English.

5..Brother Quang's job on the boat was teaching others English.

6.. Brother Quang had to translate movies on the boat.

7..Brother Quang got a job in repairing cars.

8..Brother Quang successfully fixed a car no one else could fix and now he's kind of a legend at his work

2..Miss Scott very clearly treats Kim with pity as well as makes the class pity her.

3..Miss Scott is very inconsiderate.

4..Miss Scott showed the class bad photos from Vietnam which just made the Kim feel worse.

5..Miss Scott doesn't really bother learning anything about Vietnam and she doesn't seem to care too much about making Kim feel welcome, just making her feel better which is obviously not working.

2..Cowboy brought the family to church to get baptized.

3..Cowboy bought a place for Kim and her family to live since Cowboy's wife didn't like them and Cowboy gave them a lot of basic necessities to like dishes, couches, and I believe a table or chairs/furniture.

4..Cowboy paid multiple month's rent for Kim's family to live somewhere else.

5..Cowboy brought Kim's family to meet the neighbors.

6..Cowboy does not have a horse :'(.

7..Cowboy was thoughtful enough to get Kim's family Christmas presents.

8.. Cowboy never judged or assumed anything about Kim's family, he was very respectful.

2..Mississ Washington has a dog named Lassie.

3..Mississ Washington teaches Kim Ha every day after school a new word and treats her with food when she actually learns it.

4..Mississ Washington is actually really nice and was the only one to properly welcome Kim and her family as well as packing lunch for Kim when she heard about her eating in the bathroom.

5..Mississ Washington helps Kim calm down when she starts getting upset and lays her down while she keeps talking.

6..Mississ Washington's son fought in Vietnam and passed away and yet she never held a grudge against Kim or her family.

7..Mississ Washington believes that Vietnam is still beautiful no matter the memories it holds.

8..On Christmas Mississ Washington brought Kim some dried papaya after learning that she likes papaya.

2..Pink boy is has white hair and white skin but a pink face.

3..When Pink boy gets mad he turns red which has been said when Pink boy was trying to fight Kim but also when Kim corrected his work on the board.

4..Pink Boy follows Kim as she walks home just to laugh at her and tease her.

5..Pink boy is actually intimidated but brother Vu which we could tell after he started leaving Kim alone after she was seen with Vu.