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Description edit
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Justus "Juice" Faulstich: The Main Character of the story and also telling us the story at her point of view.
- Markarita "Markey" Faulstich: Juice's oldest sister
- Charleen Faulstich: The second oldest sibling of Juice
- Lulu Faulstich: The second youngest sister of Juice.
- Turtle Faulstich: The youngest sibling
- Glory "Ma" Faulstich: Juice's mother
- Gannon "Pa" Faulstich: Juice's daddy
- Officer Rusk: The truancy officer
- Miss Hamble: Juice's 3rd grade teacher
- Geneva: A public health nurse
- Sugar Faulstich: The unknown child
Quotes edit
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“Pa and me, we've been careful, tiptoeing around this particular secret. But I can't let Pa's half of the secret keep me from doing something about mine.”
Juice -
“And my chin wobbles again and those tears come back up, but I don't feel beat down by them anymore. I feel big as heaven.”
Juice -
“I take Lulu's hand, but she pulls away from me for the first time ever since she came into this world.”
Juice
First Sentence edit
"Where's Juice?" Ma says, spreading grape jelly so thin on the sliced white bread, you can hardly find the purple.
Table of Contents edit
1. brown paper bags
2. halfway
3. the letter
4. bad news
5. a little light comes on
6. geneva arrives
7. the land of the car bones
8. dishes
9. lulu gets wheels
10. the red car
11. a gift
12. visitor
13. grinning in the rain
14. reasons
15. stuck in the mud
16. a miracle
17. the summons
18. lulu emerges
19. finding a way
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Poverty: The Faulstich family live in poverty. The father cannot hold a job.
- Illiteracy: Both Juice and her father cannot read.
- Truancy: Describe this theme.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Karen Hesse (Author)
Subjects edit
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