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Jared Christensen
Dasia is Quan’s younger half-sister; they share the same mother, but her father is Dwight. Quan throws himself into caring for Dasia, who’s five years younger, and he also cares for her little brother, Gabe. To cope with their abusive home life, Dasia becomes prickly, snappy, and appears grown-up at a very young age. When Quan is either not there to protect her and Gabe or gets in trouble, Dasia is always lashes out in ways that make Quan feel horribly guilty. Dasia is diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia while Quan is in prison. By the end of the novel, six months after Quan’s release, she’s doing well and seems on track to make a full recovery.
Dasia Quotes in Dear Justyce
The Dear Justyce quotes below are all either spoken by Dasia or refer to Dasia. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1: Doomed
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But then his lungs started to burn. Images of Dasia and Gabe popped into his head. He remembered telling Gabe he’d teach him how to play Uno when he got back from Daddy’s house this time. Little dude was four now and ready to learn.
Quan’s head swam.
Dasia would be waiting for Quan to polish her toenails purple. That was the prize he’d promised her if she aced her spelling test. And she did.
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And Mama...
Dwight—
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Snapshot: Two Young Men on a New (To Them) Playground
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“You miss [the rocket ship]?”
At first, Quan doesn’t respond. Because he really has to think about it. His eyes roam the always-clean park space. Touch on his mom [...] his sister [...] his brother [...] his best friend right beside him.
Only thing missing is his dad. But they write to each other weekly, and Quan’s been out to visit the old man a few times, so even that’s okay.
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He smiles. “You know what, man? I don’t.”
“You don’t?”
“Nah,” Quan says. “No need to go to outer space.”
[...]
“Everything I need is right here.”
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Dasia Quotes in Dear Justyce
The Dear Justyce quotes below are all either spoken by Dasia or refer to Dasia. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1: Doomed
Quotes
But then his lungs started to burn. Images of Dasia and Gabe popped into his head. He remembered telling Gabe he’d teach him how to play Uno when he got back from Daddy’s house this time. Little dude was four now and ready to learn.
Quan’s head swam.
Dasia would be waiting for Quan to polish her toenails purple. That was the prize he’d promised her if she aced her spelling test. And she did.
[...]
And Mama...
Dwight—
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Snapshot: Two Young Men on a New (To Them) Playground
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“You miss [the rocket ship]?”
At first, Quan doesn’t respond. Because he really has to think about it. His eyes roam the always-clean park space. Touch on his mom [...] his sister [...] his brother [...] his best friend right beside him.
Only thing missing is his dad. But they write to each other weekly, and Quan’s been out to visit the old man a few times, so even that’s okay.
[...]
He smiles. “You know what, man? I don’t.”
“You don’t?”
“Nah,” Quan says. “No need to go to outer space.”
[...]
“Everything I need is right here.”
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