Caleb Becker, a boy who went to prison for a year and half. He was driving under influence by drinking. He accidently ran over a girl, Maggie Armstrong, and went back to the party due to feeling so guilty. The most ironic part is Caleb’s closest childhood is Maggie Armstrong, the person who got hurt by him. Maggie’s one leg couldn’t move, and for the rest of her life, she walks cripple. Maggie used to crush on Caleb and now she hates him to death because she ruined her life.…
Billie Jo is the main character in the book. She was named Billie Jo by her father because he really wanted a girl. She is an only child and loves to play the piano. She has a mother named Polly, who has been pretty tired out by life on the farm. She is a great cook, a very good pianist, and is pregnant. Her father's name is Bayard. He is a hard working farmer, but he is somewhat stubborn, never wanting advice from anyone. The story takes place in the 1930's, in the panhandle of Oklahoma on a farm in Joyce City, but they are going through a very hard time because they are living through the Dust Bowl.…
The protagonist of this book is named Susan McConnell. Susan is a sixteen year old junior at Del Norte High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is a loner and mostly stays at home to study. She is a hardworking student and is very unpopular. Personally, I like Susan. Throughout the book she was the only one who wanted to do the right thing when the other characters in the book accidently killed Mr. Griffin. The one thing that I didn’t like about Susan was how…
The book’s focus is around a 12 year old girl named Melody. She is living with the disease Cerebral Palsy. She can’t walk, talk or feed herself. But the disease does not limit it her like everyone thinks it does. She has a photographic memory, and is a very intelligent individual. But she has no way to ever show any of this. Her disability stops her from communicating her emotions and thoughts, but it does not stop her from learning. Most of all this little girl is simply a girl. She worries what she looks like, and what other people say about her. Through her positive attitude, she is able to prove everyone wrong in the end.…
taken back to The School, Max, Nudge, and Fang set out to save her. In the midst of their…
In the novel they give us the impression that the setting is in modern day Syracuse. The main character and the person that tells most of the story is Melinda Sordino. In the novel she is a struggling teen that had to deal with getting raped at a party a summer before her first day of high school. At the party she ends up getting drunk and meeting another character named Andy Evans. After getting raped she panics and calls 911 and the police break into the party and they arrest some of her friends for underage drinking. That summer she lost her friends because of what she had done at the party and held grudges without knowing she had gotten raped by Andy Evans. Her grades end up getting affected tremendously and she looses who she was before getting raped, which was a happy and girly teenage girl. Throughout the novel she dresses in dull clothing and try’s to cope with the situation. At the end of the novel she finally snaps and tells her old friends what had happened and ends up as a sort of “inspiration” or hero and gains the respect of her former friends and high school and try’s to move on from that step by step.…
The setting of the book depends on the weather that is being discussed within the chapter. For example, at the beginning of the book, children are riding their bikes through the grass on a sunny day. There are two additional settings where…
This book Just Another Hero written by Sharon M. Draper has two main characters. They go back and forth, telling the story from a first person point of view. Those characters are Kofi and Arielle. Kofi is a smart person that seems to be collected to the outside world, but on the inside he is a mess. He has become addicted to prescription pain killers, his dad gambles like crazy and his mom often parties all night long. Arielle is a compassionate person, but she too has problems. She has a crazy stepfather that will punish her for any small wrong that she commits and a mother who she feels does not understand her. Some of the other characters involved in this book are Osrick, Jack, and November. Osrick is a quiet boy that is great with technology.…
The two main character for the story are Luck and Jen. Luck is a small-bone and soft looking…
The book, Ellen Foster, revolves around a young girl’s unstable life and her ability to fight through obstacles and to find people who truly care for her. As a young child, Ellen was damaged by her father especially because he treated her with extreme disrespect. After her mother’s death, Ellen did not really have any family left as her family members continued to pass away. However, Ellen learned to tend to adult responsibilities at a very young age. Specifically Starletta and her family, Julia and Roy, and her new mama all supported her in a way that made her feel as if she were a young girl rather than an adult with responsibilities.…
The novel is set in the 1970s when there were many political conflicts, such as the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Act and the Women Liberation. These conflicts had influenced Robert Cormier to write and develop one of the main themes in the story, the government’s abuse of power. Furthermore, the novel is located in a small town called Monument, Massachusetts but Adam’s imaginary travels set out for Rutterbug, Vermont. However, at the end novel the reader’s will find out that the entire bike journey only occurs within the confinement of an institution in Vermont. The reason why Robert Cormier uses small towns as his settings is because he was raised and lived in these areas. The tones of the novel are suspenseful, vague and enthralling. This is because the reader is only given enough information to understand what is immediately happening and they have to fill in the blanks as they go along. Moreover, when new information is revealed both the reader and the main character, Adam learns about it together. Thus, the tones have an effect on the reader’s response towards the…
"Star Wars" is the highest grossing movie of all time. It is also one of…
The novel Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin is spectacular. Throughout the book there are many characters that diserve to be mentioned. Elizabeth Marie Hall, also know as Liz or Lizzie is the main character. Owen Welles is her boyfriend. Thandi is her best friend that she meets on the boat. Aldous Ghent is her mentor and friend. Betty is Liz's grandmother. Emily Welles is Owen's "wife". Alvy is Liz's brother. Curtis Jest is the rock star she met on the boat. Lucy is Liz's pug, Jen is Owen's dog and Sadie is Liz's dog. Amadou Bonamy is the man who hit Liz, and Zooey, Liz's best friend on Earth.…
The main character of the story is Virginia Shreves. She is an average teenager. She has blonde hair, and a little overweight. Everyone in her family has dark hair and darker complexion than her, so she insists she is adopted. Her family is supposed to be the "picture perfect" family and it looks as if Virginia is the ugly duckling of the bunch. But her family is not what it seems. Her mother is a psychiatrist for teens. She is a tall, slender woman. She goes to the gym constantly to try to keep her figure because she was overweight as a child and she refuses to go back to that life. She helps people with their problems but fails to face her own. Her father is a blunt person. He says what he thinks without thinking. He is always emphasizing about how woman are supposed to look and how looks are everything. Byron is her older brother. He is handsome,…
character is the girl. The girl is a quite selfish immature follower. She is a young woman…