My Favorite Chaperone Jean Davis Okimoto Summary

In the book “my favorite chaperone” by Jean Davis Okimoto. Maya is an emigrant that has moved from Kazakstahn to Seattle. Her aunt sponsored their trip giving the economical situation her family was in. Her parents lost their job as teachers and had to start selling their things to be able to put food on the table. When they came to Seattle her parents got jobs as a taxi driver and a maid. She went to school and met a girl named Shanon, she encouraged Maya to try out for the gymnastics team, that was the only thing her parents let her do. A normal school day she was called down to the principal’s office because her brother got into a fight, she had to translate for her father and Nurzhan had a two day school suspension. After school she got
caught in the arms of a boy, her parents started arguing and she was grounded. She wanted to go to the spring fling, but she knew she wouldn’t go because of all that happened.When she got home a couple days latter she found her mom lying with her foot up. She broke her ankle and Maya had to cover at work for her. A couple weeks later, she was helping Nurzhan with his homework when he saw the permission slip and told his parents to sign it, the only condition was that Nurzhan had to go with her. The night of the dance her mom gave her a golden bracelet that had belonged to generations of her family. At the dance she was with Daniel and finally at the end she was reliving every happy moment.