![]() It’s Ari’s poignantly depicted play with her “Paper Things,” a treasured pseudo-family of cut-out magazine people, that conveys most effectively her loss and hope. Small acts of kindness help the pair get by. Her perceptive first-person voice neatly captures her conflicted loyalty to Gage but also to Janna, as well as her valiant attempts to make an impossible situation work out. ![]() Ari’s plight vividly illustrates the myriad consequences of homelessness, and the adults around her who should be picking up on the numerous clues to her situation seem oblivious. As she struggles to keep up with her classes-her hopes of attending a school for the gifted next year rest on this unlikely feat-they move from place to place: friends’ and acquaintances’ homes, homeless shelters and even a car. ![]() Gage lies to Janna about having a place of his own and moves out with 11-year-old Ari. ![]() But 19-year-old Gage and Janna have never gotten along well. Her parents are both dead, and a friend of her mother, Janna, has been guardian to Ari and her older brother, Gage, for the past few years. ![]()
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