Leah Rivera

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Leah Rivera is the protagonist of Nina LaCour’s young adult novel "Watch Over Me," a traumatized foster youth seeking healing and belonging on a remote, possibly haunted farm.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
ageGroup adolescent
appearsIn Watch Over Me NERFINISHED
associatedWith foster care community
ghosts on the farm
belongsToWorkType standalone novel
centralConflict coming to terms with her past
learning to accept love and support
characterInGenre young adult fiction
countryOfSetting United States NERFINISHED
createdBy Nina LaCour NERFINISHED
exploresTheme forgiveness
found family
memory
trauma recovery
firstPublicationContext "Watch Over Me" (2020 novel) NERFINISHED
fullName Leah Rivera NERFINISHED
hasBackground foster youth
hasEthnicBackground Latina (implied in text)
hasMotivation to build a new life on the farm
to understand the hauntings around her
hasPastExperience childhood trauma
time in foster care
hasRelationshipType foster daughter
hasTrait artistically inclined
introverted
observant
traumatized
livesAt remote farm
medium novel
narrativePerspective first-person narrator
roleInWork protagonist of "Watch Over Me"
seeks belonging
healing
settingDescribedAs possibly haunted farm
strugglesWith grief
guilt
isolation
undergoes emotional healing arc

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Watch Over Me hasCharacter Leah Rivera