Characters
Setting
Themes
Plot
Fun Facts
100

She is the main character born with no arms.

Who is Aven Green?

100

the state her parents move to when her parents got a new job.

What is Arizona?

100

Aven shows this quality by learning to do things on her own.

What is Independence?

100

Aven and her family move so her parents can manage this place.

What is Stagecoach Pass?

100

Aven does this Whenever someone asks her what happened to her arms.

what is tell different elaborate fake stories because her regular story is boring?

200

He becomes Aven's best friend and has Tourette Syndrome

who is Conner?

200

The western themed amusement park Aven's family now runs

What is stagecoach Pass?

200

The book explores how Aven and her friends can look beyond THIS to see who someone really is.

what is disabilities?

200

Conner struggles with this condition which causes uncontrollable tics

What is Tourette's Syndrome?

200

These are the two sports and hobbies that Aven plays in her free time.

What is Soccer and guitar?

300

This person loves to hide out on the sidewalk and loves to read and can't control his eating habits

who is Zion?

300

The school Aven attends after moving to Arizona.

What is Desert Ridge Middle School?

300

The idea Aven had when she saw the 200 year old cactus on the hill, and realized her life is small compared to his? (also the message of the book)

What is Insignificant Events 

300

The clues discovered at Stagecoach Pass and the storage room hint that she might learn more about this in the future.

What is where she came from/her birth family?

300

This is the reason that Aven's parents call her Sheebs since she was a baby

What is - she used to be high maintenance when she was a baby because she was spoiled and everyone did everything for her. So they named her Queen of Sheeba.

400

This man is always getting orders wrong and has worked at then Soda Shop since the amusement Park opened 

Who is Henry?

400

The place at Stagecoach Pass where Aven and her friends discover clues to her past.

What is the Shed/storage room?

400

This old saying was highlighted (expressed) when Aven's parents adopted her even though she had no arms and wanted her anyway.

"Don't judge a book by its cover"

400

Aven's parents adopted Aven from this state which she begins to explore and discover her family history

What is Arizona?

400

Aven keeps finding this one thing everywhere she goes at Stagecoach Pass, in the museum and in the storage shed.

What are Tarantulas?

500

This person is never seen by any staff members, and has an unhealthy obsession with tarantulas.

Who is Joe Cavanaugh?
500

The place Aven found comforting when it was lunchtime her first few weeks of school.

What is the bathroom?

500

Conner, Aven, and Zion start to understand THIS about themselves and with each other as they become closer friends, despite their disabilities and differences and stayed friends

What is acceptance?

500

Henry and the accountant keeps hinting that they never get to see this person, and then Aven realizes this person's portrait was missing in the Museum.

Who is Joe Cavanaugh and his family?

500

This is the reason Conner never eats around Aven and keeps rejecting her invitations to eat dinner at her house and ice cream.

What is spitting while he eats?