You Made It. (Notes from Chapter 15)

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

Chapter fifteen was by far the most important chapter in the book. Nadira left the house of the family with the green card, and she got on a bus, and went to Vermont. She found her mother at the Salvation Army Shelter, and comforted her when she found out Nadira was okay. Nadira went into that room headstrong and with a purpose. Although seeing Abba so uncoordinated and distressed when he walked into the room may have thrown her a little bit, She didn’t let the lawyer shut her up. She showed the judge that her father’s name was spelled with an ‘a’ not an ‘e’, and that was enough to get the judge’s attention. Then she showed him that the money they thought was going to be used in a harmful way was really money he was saving for Aisha and Nadira’s college tuition. I think Nadira really pulled through. She has become the strong girl I had hoped she would become, and I hope that now they can pick up the pieces and bring their family back together.