Chapter 9 quote

""Maybe. But there's a saying: 'Because we looked away in the past, does that mean we can look away now?'"

Chapter 6 quote

""This house is being run by women," he grumbles in that sour-mouth way of his. "Daughters are not daughters, and wives don't act like wives." page 43
I think that the uncle needs to be kinder to his family. If he moved here to have a better life then he should try to be accepting of the American culture.

Chapter 5 quote

"I remember when I was little, crouching in the corner of the playground and hearing a group of girls chant: Ask me no questions. Tell me now lies. That's that policy at school. Ask me no questions, we say silently. And the teachers don't." page 29

Chapter 4 quote

""So we have to stick together. Not fight."
She holds out her hand as a peace offering. I look at her slender wrist, her single bangle glinting against the bone. No way am I sticking together with Aisha. What that really means is I'm supposed to do whatever she says, and then she gets all the credit. "Forget it," I reply, and then I shove a spoonful of Jello-O in my mouth, get up, and head to the buffet for more." page 28
I think that Nadira should stop being so worried that her sister will take all the credit and just stop fighting with her. It will make both of their lives a lot easier.

Chapter 3 quote

"You're only little, but you know it's there: that feeling that your never know that terror will pulse from the ground." page 22

Chapter 2 quote

"Abba is squeezing the steering wheel, open-shut, open-shut, just like the massage exercises he did after he got hurt on his construction job. He's hunched over, still as a rock, as if he can't make hi self move.
"Sir?"
Still Abba doesn't answer.
"Sir, if you could just turn the car around that way?"
Slowly, Abba puts the care into reverse." page 14

I think it it very sad that they had to turn back. They didn't plan for this to happen. It seems like Abba went into shock.

Chapter 1 quote

"Its hard to have a sister who is perfect." page 3.
I have an older brother and i feel like he is the perfect one sometimes. He seems to be more how my parents want me to be. He's more religious then I am and he wants to live in Israel. He seems to say the right things more then I do.