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| Story Setting | Mordern-day neighborhood probably in Fresno, California. |
| Traits of Main Character | Lupe-determined, hard-working, kind |
| Other Characters | Lupe's brother, her parents, Rachel, Miss Baseball Cap |
| Problem | Lupe wants to win some kind of sports contest, but she's not good at sports. |
| Events Leading to climax | Lupe works hard to become good at shootings marbles. She strengthens her thumb and practices for hours. At the contest, she beats Miss Baseball Cap after a hard-fought game. |
| Ending | Lupe also beats the winner of the boys' division to become the new marble champ. |
| Lupe was a | Straight-A student |
| Lupe wanted to | Wished she could win something, anything....even marbles. |
| At first Lupe practiced shooting marbles on her | Bedspread. |
| To strengthen her tumb muscle | Lupe would squeezed a rubber eraser one hundred times. |
| To strengthen her wrists she | did 20 push-ups on her fingertips. |
| One night she even ate dinner with her left hand | to spare her right hand for shooting. |
