The story revolves around Isabella, a young girl from Costa Rica who was forced to marry a man she didn't love. However, the day before the wedding, a volcano erupted, forcing them to leave their village and move to San Jose to their uncle Pablo. Upon reaching, they were told that her groom had run away with another girl, taking all the dowry their parents had given him.
Isabella was then taken in by her uncle's daughters, Daphne and Carla, who were not happy about the situation. Isabella was treated poorly and was made to work as a servant. One day, she was caught in the act of reading a book by the light of a candle, which led to her being sent to the first grade.
Despite this, Isabella was determined to educate herself and started tutoring other students. She became popular at school and started earning money from tutoring. One day, she was asked to tutor a woman who lived in a fancy restaurant. The woman turned out to be Mindy, the first-grade bully who had been tormenting Isabella.
Isabella then met Juan, a boy from her school, who was also a victim of the twins' bullying. Isabella and Juan started dating, and their relationship was a secret from the twins. However, their secret was revealed when they were caught by the twins in a compromising situation.
Isabella decided to stand up for herself and confronted the twins in front of everyone at a fancy restaurant. She expressed her frustration about their bullying and told them that kindness and generosity make people better, not their city background. This led to a public rant that went viral, and the twins were suspended from school.
Isabella and her family moved out, and she enrolled in Juan's school. Life eventually returned to normal, and her parents joined her classes to study, becoming her best students.
1. The narrator was five years old when a man with a bushy beard tried to kidnap her by offering her ice cream.
2. The man was trying to grab her hand and pull her towards his truck when her mother intervened.
3. The mother had a special camera behind her eye that allowed her to see everything.
4. The narrator was born in Costa Rica, one of its smallest villages.
5. At the age of seven, she found a book outside the village doctor's house and asked her mother to help her read it.
6. Her mother burned the book and made her do all the house chores alone.
7. She snuck out to the village doctor and offered to teach him how to read in exchange for not bullying his kids.
8. She started teaching herself to read at night after everyone went to bed.
9. By the age of 15, she was sure she wanted to go to school in the city.
10. However, her mother decided it was time for her to get married.
11. The day before the wedding, a volcano close to their village erupted, forcing them to leave everything behind and run to San Jose to their uncle Pablo.
12. Someone told them that her groom had run away with another girl.
13. The uncle's daughters, Daphne and Carla, were mean to her.
14. She decided to take revenge on Carla for stealing Daphne's boyfriend.
15. She was forced to share a room with Carla, who was mean to her.
16. She woke up one night to find a guy in the room kissing Daphne.
17. The twins, Carla and Daphne, turned on her at school, calling her a loser and a maid.
18. She was moved to the first grade, where she was stared at and bullied.
19. She was moved back to the ninth grade after the principal found her sleeping.
20. She became the official school tutor, making her one of the most popular kids at school.
21. She started dating Juan, the guy who asked her number, but the twins found out and tried to break them up.
22. She moved out with her parents and started studying at Juan's school.
23. She stood up to the twins in a restaurant, calling them mean and cruel.
24. A video of her little rant went viral, making her a hero to many.
25. The twins were suspended from school and banned from the prom.
26. She quit her old school and joined Juan's school.
27. Her mother and father joined her classes to study and became her best students.