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Wesley Boone

• He believes in hard work

• He is tall and plays basketball

• He has along list of excuses for not ding his homework

• He wants to be a set designer on Broadway

Raul Ramirez

• He paints at Mr. Ward's desk

• He is more then a jump shoot

• He is a designer on Broadway.

• He's mom is a teenage mom and has dylexia

Tyrone Bittings

• He has a along list of excuses for not doing his homework.

• He is a song writer.

• He's more than a jump shoot.

• They call him Preacher because he believes in God.

Diondra Jordan

• She hides her artwork.

• She wants a baby and thinks that will fix her problem of being lonely.

• She has a baby and is trying to finish high school.

• She wants to change her name to Natalina.

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Chankara Troupe

• She thinks have a baby will help because she needs love.

• She has a drop of white blood and hates her hair and skin color.

• She is being bullied and her mother died of a drug overdose.

• She was hit by a boy and her sister is being abused too.

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Devon Hope

• He paints at Mr. Ward's desk and is called the Latin Loverboy.

• He is tall and plays basket ball but loves to read too.

• He believes in God and is being bullied because of it.

• He wants to go to NYU to be a set designer on Broadway.

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Lupe Algarin

• She is 6 feet tall and is clumsy.

• She is Jewish and her mom left her and her dad.

• She is called Caramel Cutie because of her skin color.

• She thinks having a baby will fix her from being so lonely.

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Gloria Martinez

• She reads and is smart but has low self-esteem because of her appearance.

• Her mom died of cancer and she lives with her grandma.

• She is unmarried with a baby trying to finish high school.

• She was hit by a boy and her sister is being abused too.

Janelle Battle

• She has a crush on Devon but has low self-esteem because of her appearance.

• She has divorced parents and is hard has a rock like her dad.

• She wants a career in social service because she want to help minorities.

• She is called ugly by her step-dad and she likes to sew.

Leslie Lucas

• Her mom died of a drug overdose and she is being bullied.

• She has divorced parents and is Jewish.

• She it an Italian and wants to change her name.

• Her mom died of cancer and she is very lonely.

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