Who Is The Family In Jean Davies Okimoto's My Favorite Chaperone

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The theme of the story My Favorite Chaperone, written by Jean Davies Okimoto, is family is always there for you. In this story, Maya is a girl in 9th grade who had recently moved to America from a country called Kazakhstan with her mother, papa, and brother, Nurzhan. From the very beginning, it’s clear that her family is an important part of Maya’s life. It all starts off with her being called to the principal’s office because her brother got into a fight. Her dad of course got mad at both her and her brother. Maya was rather cold to her brother for getting her in trouble. Her mom wasn’t exactly pleased. Only pages later in the book, Maya was caught hanging out with her friend Daniel, an American boy. Her parents didn’t like that either. They

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