Marie

Marie asked Catherine Ryan Hyde:

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Catherine Ryan Hyde Hi Marie. Glad you enjoyed the book.

Manuela was the young woman she had to bunk with for that one night in juvenile detention. The one who told her Bea didn't care about her and took off with all her stuff.

If you go back to Chapter 21 (The True Value of Canned Garbanzo Beans) you'll see that the "Alpaca suitcases" were things she took from her abandoned family home much later, when she went back there with Bea.

Hope that helps.

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