Far From The Tree Character Analysis

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Grace is a very sweet and sensitive girl. She made some mistakes herself, but because of her foster parents she got through the tough parts. In Far From the Tree written by Robin Benway, she created a character that had a child in highschool and Her little girl was adopted and has a better life than what Grace could have offered her. Once Grace got told she had a sister named Maya she bursted into joy. Her heart was beating out of her chest when she was emailing Maya to meet up. When Maya replied with an answer Grace was ecstatic, but at the same time she did not know what to think. The moment when she saw the answer was ¨yes¨ she ran downstairs to tell her parents. Her whole life was now different because she had a relief that she had someone …show more content…

When they met it was very awkward for the both of them. Maya´s family was obviously very wealthy and Grace´s parents were even shocked. The moment Grace saw her sister, she was so excited because they looked so alike. They had the same exact hair and smile. Once she started seeing Maya more often Grace´s whole mindset of things changed because she realized that her mother did not give her away because she did not want her, it was because she could not give her a stable life. Grace did the same thing with her newborn daughter and realized that adoption is a beautiful thing. Grace became more open to her foster family about everything from how she felt about her childhood and what she wanted to do next. To add to that, Grace and Maya then figure out they have a brother named Juaquin. They both set up a email and he agrees to meet them. Grace then became terrified because there weren't just two of them now, it was three. Grace decided she wanted to find their birth mother. Maya and Juaquin did not agree at all. Grace started to search for her mother by herself. She then started to feel lonely all over again. She felt like Maya and Juaquin were complete strangers to

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