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Themes Of Ask Me No Questions

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Dear Mrs. Rosonke,
I am currently reading the book Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos. Nadira and her family have had many different struggles recently. Her family lives in America, but they tried going to Canada and were declined. Their visas expired so they were arrested trying to get back into America. The girls are living at home while the father is living in jail. The sisters are having lots of problems in school.
Throughout the book Ask Me No Questions we discover many different Realistic Fiction signposts. For example, on page 10 of Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos, we find a tough question. She says “‘What happens if they don’t let us in?’ I keep thinking”. This question made me wonder about many things. One of them was, are they …show more content…

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