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Maya and her family move to America from Kazakhstan.
Maya's aunt found a boyfriend in america and her whole family moved to America -
Maya and Nurzhan start going to school
They find a very religious school and enroll Maya and Nurzhan -
Maya's parents get jobs
Her mother gets a job cleaning houses and her dad starts driving cabs -
Maya takes a permission slip for the spring fling.
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. -
Maya joins the gymnastics team
her coach Ms.Coe is her coach. Her friend Shannon is also on the team. -
Nurzhan got into a fight with Ossie Nishizono.
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. -
Maya has to do all of her moms work
She has so much on her that she burns the chicken for supper one night -
Maya and her friend shannon were outside hanging around with 2 boys after a gymnastics meet.
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. -
Maya has to help Nurzhan
she has to help him with his homework this is also part of doing her moms work -
Maya's parents agree to let her go to the spring fling