fiction book Money Hungry by Sharon G. Flake, Raspberry, Ja’nae, Mai, and Zora have experienced the imperfections in life. Raspberry lives without a father, she lived in a dangerous area, and Raspberry was even left with no home at all. Equally important, Ja’nae lived without her mother and father in her grandparent’s home, with an imperfect body. Like Ja’nae and Raspberry, Mai did not have a perfect life, she regretted her Korean culture, Mai was also tormented by other students about her Korean culture