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Maya's aunt found a boyfriend in america and her whole family moved to America
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They find a very religious school and enroll Maya and Nurzhan
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Her mother gets a job cleaning houses and her dad starts driving cabs
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She thinks that she shouldn't because she knows that her parents won't let her go. but later she finds out something that will change their minds.
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her coach Ms.Coe is her coach. Her friend Shannon is also on the team.
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Nurzhan is Maya's brother and he was in a fight at school. The principal had to call their dad and Maya translated what the principal said to her dad in Russian.
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She has so much on her that she burns the chicken for supper one night
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One of the boys picked up Maya and the other picked up shannon. When Maya's dad came to pick her up he was mad because he saw her in the boys arms.
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she has to help him with his homework this is also part of doing her moms work
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