Grace Blakely

All Fall Down
=== Grace is an American girl whose father and brother are in the army and she moved from military base to base with them and her mother. When she was thirteen her mother supposedly dies because of an accidental fire but Grace thinks that's not true. After 3 years she moved to Adria to live in the United States embassy. She is having trouble coping with the loss of her mother and is determined to prove that it was not a fire accident. ===

See How They Run
=== After finding out that the scarred man did not kill her mother but she did, Grace begins to try and learn how to cope with the truth. Ms.Chancellor tells her that she is one of the descendant of the women that married the people who leaded and founded Adria, she has to come to terms with the fact that her mother lied to her, for her whole life. ===

Friendship and trust
=== Grace is a tomboy that is often lied to after the death of her mother. She earns the respect of many friend like Noah Miguel Estaban whose mother is Israeli and father is Brazilian, Rosie who is twelve years old from the Germany embassy, Megan who she did not really know but used to have her come over for playdates when she was younger and Alexei Volkov who at first seemed annoying and only looking out for her because her brother told him to. But later on realises and proves he cares for her. As you read the second book (See How They Run) Alexei becomes closer to Grace.At the end of the first book, Alexi leaves Adria to live in Moscow and Grace is sort of glad that she he will not be anywhere near her so that she won't be able to hurt him. ===