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* BetterAsFriends: Reuben and Marisol, after she returns home in the sequel.

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* BilingualBonus: the novels include quite a bit of Spanish language as a means of reflecting the mixed cultural backgrounds of the two protagonist.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Magda throughout ''Quinceanera Means Sweet Fifteen''.

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* CoolOldLady: Marisol's grandmother in the first book.
* [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday Dangerous Fifteenth Birthday]]

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* FunnyForeigner: Marisol, to some extent once she first arrives at Panama in the first book.

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* ImpliedLoveInterest: Francisco to Marisol in ''Quinceanera means Sweet Fifteen''.

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* NaiveNewcomer: Marisol in the first book as she becomes acquainted with Panama's culture.
* [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense Poor In Dollars, Rich In Sense]]: Marisol.

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* SheIsAllGrownUp: Marisol towards the end of the novel.
** SheCleansUpNicely
* SpicyLatina: Played straight with Magda, although highly averted with Marisol.

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* ThePowerOfFriendship

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[[caption-width-right:200:True friends stab you in the front.]]

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* DisappearedDad: Marisol's father, which was made a major plot point for ''Marisol and Magdalena: The Sound Of Our Sisterhood''.

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* DisappearedDad: Marisol's father, which was made a major plot point for throughout ''Marisol and Magdalena: The Sound Of Our Sisterhood''.



* NaiveEverygirl: Magdalena in the first book, although this personality trait seems to fade away by the time the series' second installation is released.

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* NaiveEverygirl: Magdalena in the first book, who often romanticized the prospect of the future and her upcoming quinceanera, although this personality trait seems to fade away by the time the series' second installation is released.released.
* NaiveNewcomer: Marisol in the first book as she becomes acquainted with Panama's culture.


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[[HeterosexualLifePartners Marisol and Magdalena]] are making plans for their quinceañera parties, their fifteenth birthday celebration that they've been waiting for their whole lives. They've promised each other that they will be the dama de honor at each other's quince. But quinceañeras are expensive, and Marisol's mother doesn't know if she can afford a party at all, especially not one as extravagant as Magdalena's. And while Marisol was away in Panama, Magdalena became friends with two girls Marisol can't stand. Marisol wonders if her year in Panama changed her---maybe she isn't cool or rich enough anymore to be Magda's friend.

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Best friends [[HeterosexualLifePartners Marisol and Magdalena]] live in [[BigApplesauce Brooklyn]], and both have grown up with extended Latino families. When Marisol's mother sends her away to Panama to live with relatives however, it puts her American values to the test, as well as her friendship with Magdalena.

In the sequel, Marisol and Magdalena
are making plans for their quinceañera parties, their fifteenth birthday celebration that they've been waiting for their whole lives. They've promised each other that they will be the dama de honor at each other's quince. But quinceañeras are expensive, and Marisol's mother doesn't know if she can afford a party at all, especially not one as extravagant as Magdalena's. And while Marisol was away in Panama, Magdalena became friends with two girls Marisol can't stand. Marisol wonders if her year in Panama changed her---maybe she isn't cool or rich enough anymore to be Magda's friend.


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* BetterAsFriends: Reuben and Marisol, after she returns home in the sequel.
* BigApplesauce: Much of Marisol's story is set in Brooklyn.
* BilingualBonus: the novels include quite a bit of Spanish language as a means of reflecting the mixed cultural backgrounds of the two protagonist.



* DisappearedDad: Marisol's father, which was made a major plot point for ''Marisol and Magdalena: The Sound Of Our Sisterhood''.



* FunnyForeigner: Marisol, to some extent once she first arrives at Panama in the first book.



* ImpliedLoveInterest: Francisco to Marisol in ''Quinceanera means Sweet Fifteen''.



* SheIsAllGrownUp: Marisol towards the end of the novel.

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* SheIsAllGrownUp: Marisol towards the end of the novel. novel.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Magda in the sequel, once she begins distancing herself from Marisol and engaging in troublemaking behavior.
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* [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense PoorInDollarsRichInSense]]: Marisol.

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* [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense PoorInDollarsRichInSense]]: Poor In Dollars, Rich In Sense]]: Marisol.
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[[HeterosexualLifePartners Marisol and Magdalena]] are making plans for their quinceañera parties, their fifteenth birthday celebration that they've been waiting for their whole lives. They've promised each other that they will be the dama de honor at each other's quince. But quinceañeras are expensive, and Marisol's mother doesn't know if she can afford a party at all, especially not one as extravagant as Magdalena's. And while Marisol was away in Panama, Magdalena became friends with two girls Marisol can't stand. Marisol wonders if her year in Panama changed her---maybe she isn't cool or rich enough anymore to be Magda's friend.

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!!This series contains examples of:

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Magda throughout ''Quinceanera Means Sweet Fifteen''.
* ChildhoodFriends: Marisol and Magdalena.
* [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday Dangerous Fifteenth Birthday]]
* FamilyHonor: Magdalena's engagement in shoplifting leads to her family's canceling her quinceanera, due to the dishonor she brought to her family through her actions.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: the titular characters of the series, Marisol and Magdalena.
* [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense PoorInDollarsRichInSense]]: Marisol.
* RedOniBlueOni: Marisol was the calmer, more rational BlueOni to Magdalena's HotBlooded red.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Marisol towards the end of the novel.
* SpicyLatina: Played straight with Magda, although highly averted with Marisol.
* StickyFingers: Magda in the sequel, due to ToxicFriendInfluence.

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