Chapter 16

"All day long people come back to welcome Abba,  He pats me on the head and doesn"t let me go into the kitchen with the women, but makes sure I sit right next to him.  I'm embarrassed, but I like this, being the special." pg.138

What I like about this quote is how Nadira is now the center of attention instead of Aisha.  You can also tell that Nadira's dad is really proud of her, because when all of his friends and family come to visit him he sits there and shows off Nadira.  I think that from now on Abba is either going to treat Aisha and Nadira equally or favor Nadira.  

Chapter 15

" 'You folks make a simple mistake and this--' He turns to me, grinning. 'What grade are you in, dear?' 'Ninth,' I answer.'This ninth grader can straighten it out in five minutes!.....' "pg.135

I really like this quote because it shows the power that Nadira had to fix this whole situation.  I also liked how the judge reacted to the situation, by yelling at everyone else who screwed up.  But what I don't understand is why Nadira would stand up in front of everyone and demand to say something, because even though I agree with what she said and she knew she "gotta do what cha gotta do" in real life she probably would have been kicked out of the court house.  But I'm glad she did do it after all.  

Chapter 14

"Voices shouting. My stomach spasms and I'm doubled over, throwing up into the hedges. Then I run again, blindly, into the dark streets." pg.123

I think this quote takes the phrase "makes me sick" literally. I think what made Nadira get so sick and scared was she accentally saw how illegal the whole think was and it made her nervous and freaked out. I know that she was really scared because even though she had no idea where she was running to she just had to get away from that mess.

Chapter 12

"I notice, though, that she's not really reading.  She just staring dully at the page. " pg.108

I thought that this sentence was a really good example of how even though Aisha has changed a lot from who she used to be (an insecure and trys hard to be someone she not) but this shows how she will still always have that part of her inside her.  I think Aisha feels she has to present herself that even if she is tired or really doesn't feel like it she has to be reading or studing when no one would be upset if she stopped.  

Chapter 10

     " 'It's gotten worse,' she tells me.  'My mom says she's going to throw my dad out.  And my dad's really upset; he can't even eat.  You should see him, Nadira.  Sometimes he works until two in the morning, and then she's at him first thing, yelling.' 'Maybe your dad did do something wrong,' I offer" pg.96

    I am really disappointed in Nadira, her friend comes to her worried and confused and Nadira takes the wrong side!  A real friend would take her friends side or leave out her opiopn and help her friend get through this, but Nadira just accuses Lily's dad.  I think that Lily will get really mad at Nadira for this.  

Chapter 10

"Taslima raises her cell phone as if it's some super-bionic zap gun that can make these guys disappear."pg.82

What I like about this sentence is the description of what she is doing and what she sees the phone as.  Not just that sentence but that whole paragraph shows you how comfortable Taslima feels in the U.S. that she just stands up to an authority figure like that (with no fear).  I also think while standing up to them was a good think she was very disrespectful toward her elders and an authority figure, but as I said before it paid off.