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Naheed Mohamadi

This character is a sixth-grader. Her family is Muslim, and she wears a hajib.

Sergio Kinkaid Williams

This character is a black boy who won a math award. He has a troubled relationship with his father and he lives with his grandmother. A firefighter befriends him.

Will Rittenhouse

This character is a middle-school student whose father died a year ago. He remembers how his father always taught him to do the right thing no matter what the consequences were.

Aimee

This character is a middle-school student who moves from Chicago to Los Angeles. Her mother was supposed to be at the World Trade Center when it was attacked.

Gideon Burke

This character is a firefighter who befriends a black boy who is in middle school. He works with Engine 209, Ladder 10 for the New York Fire Department.

Eliza Grayson

This character begins following a Muslim girl around at...

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