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The Secret Life of Gina Zhang =By Dori Jones Yang= =__About Me __= ==﻿ ﻿In __The Secret Life of Gina Zhang__ the main character is of course is Gina Zhang. Gina just moved from China and she must face all the challenges of being new to America. The thing interesting about Gina is that most 7 year olds play with baby dolls or toys. But Gina doesn't. During her free time Gina has what she calls Yarn People. Their little people made out of pieces of yarn with hair and everything. Another thign about Gina is that she is confident and brave till she gets around other people.She wants to talk so bad but her throat won't let her.She says it's like being a fish with the fish neckbands that they have on them after they are caught in China.In the beginning of the story Gina is just getting ready for her first day of school which includes going to school. The climax is when Gina saves Carrie, a girl in a wheelchair who is disabled, from Meanie, Miney, and Moe. Then the resolution is when Ms.Armstrong, Gina's teacher, read Priscilla's and Gina's Young Author Day story to the class. Then Gina wrote on the board in almost perfect English and everybody knew she was normal after all. ==

__Friends __
==﻿Gina made a lot of good friends at school. Well one at least, Priscilla. Priscilla was a goofy girl. She was very tall and had a big gap between her two front teeth. Priscilla was Gina's only friend. She knew Gina couldn't talk so she just talked Gina's ears off. She was Gina's bestfriend. Mr.Caccamo was the principal of the school. In the beginning of book Gina tried to run out of the school on her first day. But he grabbed her and took her to his care. He was always on Gina's side and helped to understand why she couldn't talk. Another character is Ms.Armstrong. She is Gina's teacher. Gina feels left out from Ms.Armstrong because she seems to think that she is ignoring her because she can't talk.I think Gina would be good friends with Meg from a __Wrinkle in Time__ because Meg is sort of the person at school that nobody cares about or pays attention to. This is the same with Gina, besides Priscilla. Meg doesn't have any friends because she is the weird one and quiet. So is Gina. ==

__Education __
==﻿﻿Gina went to two schools in her life, China and America.In China, Gina was kind of the laughing stock of the school. She was doing a project about the rain cycle and she started to make a song with it in her head and when she looked up from doing her work she finally noticed everyone staring at her because she had started to sing.Gina's education at school was pretty good. But at Gina's first day of school she got upset when she learned that she will be in 5th grade instead of 6th like she would be in China. Gina liked school overall. She just didnt like how everybody treated Priscilla. After her first week of school Gina was sent to the Special Needs class because she still refused to talk. ==

__﻿Favorite Songs __
==__﻿Its a Small World After All __- This song is perfect for Gina because she never knew that Chinese people would live in America and speak her language. == ==__Just the Way You Are __- This song goes with how Gina's dad wants her to speak English so he said he would ground her if she didnt speak a sentence in English. I think her dad should leave her the way she is and she'll eventually start to talk. So he needs to love her just the way she is. == ==__Black or White __- This song says Gina can still fit in no matter what race she is. == ==__Forever Friends __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">- This song is for Priscilla and Gina's friendship. It means that through everything Gina will not let go or Priscilla's hand ==