Sixth grade is coming to an end, and so is life as Macy McMillan knows it.

LL: "Bring licorice."

Red is an oak tree who is many rings old.

LL: Knowing what you love is smart.

First Line: Talking to you was always easy, Rukku. But writing's hard.

Last Line: I told him I'd pass him.

FL: My parents told me that America would be this amazing place where we could live in a house with a dog, do whatever we want, and eat hamburgers until we were red in the face.

Last Line: Without even saying a word.

Last line: I can almost feel you patting me again, see you beaming, hear you saying, Rukku loves Viji, right back.

Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house.

Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim.

FL: I remember falling

LL: I finally understood what my parents meant by "free."