Marta:14 year old, 8th grader, straight A-plus student since first grade, 1st in line for scholarship jacket.
by Taylor Prigmore
1. Father: couldn't afford to feed all his children so martha was given to grandparents.
2. grandpa: owns 2 hundred acre ranch, doesn't let Marta have the $15 for the jacket.
3. grandma: wouldn't allow Marta to be on any teams because of the cost of everything.
4. sister: won a scholarship jacket a few years before Marta.
5. Mr.Schmidt: Marta's history teacher, knew that Marta earned the scholarship jacket and wanted her to get it.
6. Mr.Boone: Marta's math teacher, wanted Joanne to get the jacket because her father was on the board.
7. Principal: told Marta that she had to pay $15 if she wanted the scholarship jacket and ended up letting her have it without paying because she deserved it.
8. Scholarship jacket: a gold and green jacket given to the valedictorian when they graduated from the 8th grade.