Liberty

Liberty is a female character who plays a minor but yet significant role. She is commonly thought about throughout the story, beginning in the first chapter. When Danny first sees her he has an attraction to her, but his ideal relationship with her is completely off from reality. Even though she also likes him back, there relationship is rather limited.
I am unsure why Pena made Liberty how she is. She is almost the exact opposite of Danny. She speaks almost all Spanish and hardly any English(Danny cant speak any Spanish), She just came from Mexico, she has a somewhat rich father who brought her to America. The only thing that they both have in common that they like each other and are both light skinned. Maybe Pena is just trying to show Danny's desperation as a teenager to love, no matter how adverse.
The fact that Uno and Danny are very similar and Danny and Liberty are so different is unusual. Usually all the important characters are similar. Possibly Pena is trying to really show how a teenager sometimes only see some features of people and not others. I doubt this though because Danny makes it clear that it would be a difficult relationship. I think though that when Danny hears Liberty likes him, he doesn't really care. Pena's choice for her characteristics is odd, but it does add a nice spice to the story.