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4	[[caption-width-right:200:The sound of their sisterhood.]]
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6	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.
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8	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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11	!!This series contains examples of:
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13	%%* BetterAsFriends: Reuben and Marisol, after she returns home in the sequel.
14	* BigApplesauce: Much of Marisol's story is set in Brooklyn.
15	* BilingualBonus: The novels include quite a bit of Spanish language as a means of reflecting the mixed cultural backgrounds of the two protagonist.
16	%%* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Magda throughout ''Quinceanera Means Sweet Fifteen''.
17	* ChildhoodFriends: Marisol and Magdalena.
18	%%* CoolOldLady: Marisol's grandmother in the first book.
19	%%* [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday Dangerous Fifteenth Birthday]]
20	* DisappearedDad: Marisol's father, which was made a major plot point throughout ''Marisol and Magdalena: The Sound Of Our Sisterhood''.
21	* 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.
22	%%* FunnyForeigner: Marisol, to some extent once she first arrives at Panama in the first book.
23	* HeterosexualLifePartners: the titular characters of the series, Marisol and Magdalena.
24	%%* ImpliedLoveInterest: Francisco to Marisol in ''Quinceanera means Sweet Fifteen''.
25	* 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.
26	%%* NaiveNewcomer: Marisol in the first book as she becomes acquainted with Panama's culture.
27	* RedOniBlueOni: Marisol was the calmer, more rational BlueOni to Magdalena's HotBlooded red.
28	%%* SheIsAllGrownUp: Marisol towards the end of the novel.
29	%%** SheCleansUpNicely
30	%%* SpicyLatina: Played straight with Magda, although highly averted with Marisol.
31	* StickyFingers: Magda in the sequel, due to ToxicFriendInfluence.
32	%%* ThePowerOfFriendship

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