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Thursday, March 26, 2009. Because for all those years, my Abba-all of us-believed. They let us in, and they let us believe that we belonged. That we could hope for a future here. That one day I could go to college and carry on. And then they took that hope away. And they broke mine too. Overall though, I think the book ended in a good way. I really like blogging too! Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Sunday, March 22, 2009.
Friday, March 27, 2009. I can feel it, the water pressing all around us, pulsing from below. and we do as he taught us. We hold our breaths, then let them out, bit by bit. We push forward into the unknown. Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Aisha was the star we pinned our future on. Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Sunday, March 15, 2009.
Thursday, March 26, 2009. Behind me I hear hundreds of gasps. Tuesday, March 24, 2009. During this chapter, Nadira talks to .
Thursday, March 26, 2009. Tuesday, March 24, 2009. the hot air wavers between us. Then Aisha lets her arms float to her sides and she jumps towards me. Monday, March 23, 2009. The end of this cahpter confused me, but reading the next chapter will probably help. Thursday, March 19, 2009. Tuesday, March 17, 2009.
Thursday, March 26, 2009. And I am an illegal alien. I never expected her to do that. I expected Nadira would be the one to go around and tell people but no, it was Aisha. Tuesday, March 24, 2009.
Thursday, March 26, 2009. Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Friday, March 20, 2009. Thursday, March 19, 2009. Tuesday, March 17, 2009.
Thursday, March 26, 2009. 8220;Aisha is driving today, her loose hands on the wheel, her hair lifting lightly in the breeze. Ma and I sit in the back, and Abba tries no to comment on her driving. Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Do you really believe a little fourteen-year-old can make the United States government change its mind? In this paragraph I thought NO Aisha is being a jerk again! Sunday, March 22, 2009.
Thursday, March 26, 2009. Tuesday, March 24, 2009. the hot air wavers between us. Then Aisha lets her arms float to her sides and she jumps towards me. Monday, March 23, 2009. The end of this cahpter confused me, but reading the next chapter will probably help. Thursday, March 19, 2009. Tuesday, March 17, 2009.