The Wind Knows My Name

Anita is glad Selena found her grandmother, and she plans to talk to her every week if she can prevent herself from crying. Frank told Anita not to refer to Carlos as her uncle anymore because US citizens assume that terms like “uncle” imply family or close friends, which Carlos decidedly isn’t. Anita is now in a foster home in Tucson, Arizona, and doesn’t like that the foster family wants her to act like they’re her real family. Anita struggles to hear her guardian angel because the foster family is talkative and usually has the television on. Although the foster mother, Maria, speaks Spanish, she tells Selena that Anita is stubborn for not wanting to be adopted. Anita is planning to go to a party in Azabahar with Claudia, and she figures out that she can send her guardian angel a message by whispering into holes in the ground or trees. Anita says that in Azabahar, everything is free and no one gets hurt.

Maria takes Didi away from Anita because she wets the bed, and, when Anita threatens to call Frank, Maria locks Anita in a closet. Selena intervenes, but she also tells Anita to be more respectful toward Maria.