Betti:

• Lives in Africa, in the circus


• doesn't know that parents passed away


• her friend: George


• lives with other orphans


• can't speak english


• doesn't want to be adopted


• gets adopted by americans, new parents: Mrs. and Mr. Buckworth


• George (one of the orphans) gets adopted too


• sister: Lucy


• dogs: Puddles, Rooney


• learns english


• wants to run back to her old home


• doesn't like her new home


• meets new friends


• finds out that her parents passed away


• feels better about living there

         Paragraphs:

It's sad how she doesn't know that her parents passed away. They should have told her, so she wouldn't be confused. If she knew that, then she would've been happy. It's also sad how she is so used to hearing bombs and guns that she thought that there was a war when there were fireworks. What her parents did was really brave, and they must have really cared about her. Everything in the book is true, but sad.

She was lucky that she got adopted by parents who care about her. It's sad that she lived in a lion cage, and how she didn't really get anything to eat. She also didn't have anything to wear except for one thing. She also didn't get to go to school. But after she got adopted she had all those things. She also had a sister, and a dog. The ending is kind of happy but not really, because those aren't her real parents.

• finds out that her parents passed away


• is more comfortable living there