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        Imagine barely having food or depending on rain for your crops to grow and it never comes. A monsoons washing away your only hope for money. This is how life is for Lakshmi she's only a thirteen year old girl and has a lot to deal with. As I just began reading this book I notice how lucky some of the city kids are. It's also teaching me that I shouldn't take what I have for granted.
         All though I have just started the protagonist is facing many problems. Lakshmi father is making her go into the city to work because the family is poor. Also her dad isn't that good everything he has he goes and gamble and sometime loses it which is really bad for the family. Lakshmi is standing strong and handling it well. Ofcourse she's going to be sad to leave her family for work but she doesn't show it. She knows that this is what she's going to have to do to help her family. I cant relate to this situation at all because I would be so heart broken. In time and after explaining I would have to stop thinking about myself and just help my family. Also this line "A thousand stars have fallen to earth," is very powerful. The author is connecting outside the text. As she's outside she is looking at the different huts but i feel that she is looking for opportunity. Overall this books shows the struggles of one teen.
         This is an amazing book and it continues to keep me interested. As you continue to read you understand how hard it is growing up in certain places. People have to do many things just to support their family even if its going far away.