The novel continues the stories of the refugees and the struggle they face as they begin to settle into their lives in Clarkston. The refuges continue to face rising tensions between the locals and the fugees face the pressure of the rules Luma sets and place as well as from school. The book introduces refugee, Paula Balegamire and her five children, from the Democratic Republic of Congo. They escaped Africa’s deadliest conflict, her husband was imprisoned and not released so she made the decision to leave Brazzaville and the UNHCR relocated her to the apartment complexes of Clarkston. Through some contacts she met Luma and worked for her cleaning company. Another family, we meet are Generose and her children from Burundi who are wanted because they are Tutsi, they had to flee and the United Nations relocated her to Clarkston. When they arrived the next day …show more content…
Luma tried to get the kids to meet new people from other cultures since they only interact with kids with the same culture. During the games they faced hostility from the other team, as well as the referees and the other team’s family. The Fugees reaction, however only solidified the bonds between the team and connected with each other. Luma connected with the Fugees family as well. Beatrice explained that Jeremiah prohibited her from eating pork, because Luma doesn’t like it, so since his coach doesn’t eat pork neither will he.
Chike Chime is a Clarkston resident who has been in the United States for fifteen years and started a business in Clarkston which grosses one hundred thousand dollars a year. He lived in New York for six years before moving to Atlanta because he found the city to be more accepting of multiple cultures. In 2006 he was stopped by Officer Jordan, who has had a troubled past was caught committing the brutality on camera. The officer snapped