Who is it?
What's the theme?
Author's Craft
Who did it?
100
The person who escaped Vietnam and travelled across the world to find her brother

Hang

100

Love, Determination, or Survival?

"She stares straight ahead like the deal is done. No doubt, dragging her out will provoke blood.”

Determination 

100

What craft is this (Flashback, character reaction, word choice, events, metaphors, dialect/dialogue):


 “Ai hep-pho ho-si”

Dialect/Dialogue

100

Wrote hundreds of stories for her brother to read

Hang

200

The person who wants to become a cowboy, but hates working on the ranch and LOVES food

LeeRoy

200

Love, Determination, or Survival?

Hang's poem: "...For every stomach that reeks along-side cruel minds, there’s one like yours that can’t help but be kind.”

Love

200

What craft is this (Flashback, character reaction, word choice, events, metaphors, dialect/dialogue):

“In one machete slash, a red line bloomed across a pale thin throat.”

Flashback

200

Got kicked out of the restaurant

LeeRoy
300

The person who loves his horse Linh and was mistaken as an orphan in Vietnam

David/Lihn

300

Love, Determination, or Survival?

“When her brother smiles, Hang's heart jumps, remembering their father’s expression every time she handed him a drawing.”

Love

300

What craft is this (Flashback, character reaction, word choice, events, metaphors):

“She needs momentum. It’s better if she runs, thrusting the blade into his gut, then twisting it, rather than wait for him to grab her.

Character Reactions/Events

300

Slammed the door in Hang's face

David/Linh

400

David's adopted Mother

Cora

400

Love, Determination, or Survival?

“Pirates shouted, the girl screamed. I jumped into foam."

Survival

400

What craft is this (Flashback, character reaction, word choice, events, metaphors, dialect/dialogue ):

Hang's Poem: “They ranked us low, they con-fis-ca-ted our homes, still we claimed Father’s bones and fled toward unknowns. They ripped away our gold, they slashed our fa-mi-lies, still we bit and jumped and knew karma will avenge union fi-na-li-tties...."

Metaphor or Word Choice

400

Wanted LeeRoy to go to college

LeeRoy's Parents

500

The woman who helps Hang and LeeRoy at the first address with the abandoned church.

Mrs. Brown

500

Love, Determination, or Survival?

“Stop saying that. I AM A REAL COWBOY!” LeeRoy is so mad he feels guilty."

Determination

500

What craft is this (Flashback, character reaction, word choice, events, metaphors, dialect/dialogue ):


‘And don’t think I didn’t notice you saying ‘are’ and ‘a’.’ She has been practicing be verbs and articles.

Dialect/Dialogue

500
Forced the kids to pull out the mesquite tree

Mr. Morgan