Characters
The first name of Marisa's dad?
Who is Rafael?
The reason Marisa gets grounded.
What is fighting?
The reason Rene goes to live with his dad.
What is his mom is abusive/mean to him?
Two ways Marisa changes in the book.
What are controlling her temper and her mouth, losing weight, not fighting, and being nicer to others?
The name on the chalkboard that Marisa assumed had died from a broken heart.
Who is Samantha?
The real-life couple who are in the play but are fighting in real life. (Not Marisa and her boyfriend)
Who are Brittany and Adam?
Rene finds this and asks Marisa to help him care for it.
What is Sammy the kitten?
She is a strict, loud, and caring parent.
Who is Marisa's mom (Mrs. Rodriguez)?
Two ways Rene changes.
What are changing his clothes/clothing style, lifting weights/getting stronger, getting a girlfriend, starting to stand up for himself, and changing schools by going to live with his father?
Marisa's brother.
Who is Ralphie?
Marisa's best friend at the beginning of the story.
Who is Alicia?
Marisa and Rene try out for parts in this play.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
The good-looking basketball player who Priscilla likes but Marisa thinks he's stuck up.
Who is Aaron?
Names and descriptions of the two schools.
What is Washington (trashy, broken-down) and Hamilton (wealthy, clean, caring staff)?
The name of Priscilla's dog.
What is Peaches?
The name of Roberto's math tutor.
Who is Rene?
The two things that Roberto caused to break in chapter one.
What is Alicia's leg and heart?
Two reasons Rene is considered a nerd throughout most of the book.
What is dresses funny, acts and talks like an adult, uses a handkerchief, honks when he laughs, tutors math, belongs to chess club, and is very skinny and weak.
The two things Marisa never thought she would experience.
What is having a boyfriend and seeing it snow?
The name of the green-haired skateboarder that Priscilla started dating.
Who is Erik?
Marisa's new friend who is boy crazy.
Who is Priscilla?
The object that was switched between Marisa and Rene.
What is a cell phone?
The two reasons Marisa had to go back to her original school.
What is she lied because she didn't live in the district and Rene's mom told on her.
The order of schools that Marisa attended.
What is Washington, Hamilton, and back to Washington?
Name of Rene's mom.
Who is Mrs. Torres?