40 Book Challenge 1/26/15

Zebra Forest

by Adina Rishe Gewirtz 

Prompt: List the personality characteristics of the main characters (feelings, interests, behaviors, etc.)

Pages: FINISHED BOOK

WARNING! THERE IS SPOILERS IN SOME PARTS

     In Zebra Forest the main characters are Annie, Rew, and Andrew Snow. The point of view in the book is from Annie's perspective. She loves to read books to her little brother Rew and she mostly loves to hang out in the Zebra Forest and just relax. In the story Annie is kept hostage from her dad, at first her feelings are "Who does this man think he is? What a horrible person." Then throughout the book her feelings change because of how her dad changes also into a nicer and caring man. She starts actually liking that he is here with them, even if she is kept hostage. When she is sent to go get food she must not speak to anyone that she and her family is being kept hostage, unlike Rew who would tell the police right away Annie doesn't want her dad to get caught. She doesn't "snitch" at all on her dad when their counselor comes to check on them and when she goes to get groceries, she is more of the modest type when it came to these parts in the story.

     Another main character is Rew (Andrew Snow III), he is the younger brother of Annie. He loves pirate stories, playing chess, and like Annie loves to hang out in the Zebra Forest. Throughout the story he has many feelings. When they are kept hostage he hates the man, even though it is their father. He despises him for keeping his own children and mother hostage. He tries to get out of the house, one time he gave Annie a letter to put in the mail to send to the police, but Annie didn't mail it. He also ran out of the house when the door was open, he just ran for his life but then came back because Grandma got hurt from running to get him in the storm. In the story he also was very upset with Annie because she didn't want to mail the letter, so he ripped their favorite book to pieces and didn't talk to her for a while. He was very stubborn throughout the story.

     Another main character is Andrew Snow, he is the father of Rew and Annie. The first couple of days he was really rude and kinda aggressive while he was keeping them hostage. At first he would like yank them by the shirt and push them when they would get near the door. Later in the book he started to get kinder by letting Annie go out to get them better food and cleaning supplies. He started to make them three meals a day that provided all the main food groups. Towards the end of the book he started to actually love his children, so he went back to the prison to fill his time so then he could come back with his children.

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