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Maya enjoys the dance with her new bracelet, and thanks Nurizhan when she gets home. Nurizhan spends his time in the restroom to give Maya and Daniel privacy when they are dancing. Maya is allowed to go to the dance with the special bracelet. As Maya's mom quotes Boys and girls dance when they are 16, but here you dance when you are younger also shows that Maya's mom is beginning to understand Maya's maturity, while accepting American culture. Maya's mother gives her a bracelet that she owned when she was 16. Permission slip_permission for _ to attend the spring flingsigned by_

She can go to the school dance only with the circumstance that Nurizhan is her chaperone. After a few minutes Nurizhan returns with a signed paper, and Maya is in disbelief. Maya does not hold her breath as she knows that the paper will not get signed no matter what, as her father is a boulder of a man. Maya tells him not to, but Nurizhan continues with his plan. Nurizhan, Maya's brother, decides to tell Maya that he will get her parents to sign the permission slip. She is furious as well believing Maya to bring shame to the family. Her dad is furious about what happens, and when he drops her off to their apartment, he lets Maya's mom know about what happened. When Maya's dad arrives at the school, he sees daniel carrying her up and down. Daniel is carrying Maya and lifting her up as if she was a weight. Maya's dad catches Maya toying around with one of her friends, Daniel. She lives with her papa, her mama, and her younger brother Nurizhan. She lives in Chicago after moving from Khazkhstan. Maya struggles to act in her culture's way, but rather, she would like to act like the typical American teenanger. Since her parents are new to the country, they have not adjusted to American culture. She takes the permission slip, despite the fact her parents have denied her entry to the dance several times. The siblings, Maya and Nurzhan became familiar with these customs. The parents were unfamiliar with the customs in the US since they have been in Kazakhstan for a long time. This story talks about how a foreign family migrated to Chicago from Kazakhstan. Maya recieves a permission slip for the spring fling, a dance held by the school. Today I will be talking about the book My Favorite Chaperone, by Jean Davies Okimoto. Maya and her family are completely new to American culture, and throughout the story, they learn to adjust to it. After many attempts to sponser her family, Aunt Mendina, who had got married in America, had finally got to sponser Maya's family after family had sold many things they had owned. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Maya's parents lost their government teaching jobs and have trouble providing for their family.