Book: Ghost Soldier
Author: Elaine M. Alphin
Pages read: 0-124
The main character's name is Alexander, and he is visiting with his Dad to North Carolina, to meet his dad's girlfriend's family. Alexander is a somewhat realistic person, his parents are divorced and he is a track runner. Which is pretty normal, but the somewhat part of being realistic is he can see and talk to ghost. Other then that part, I would call him an average day Joe. He runs, plays an instrument, uses a Mac, and is into history. His likes can easily be shared with by many people which makes him pretty lifelike. Also, his parent's divorce made a big impact on his life, which is does often to any child of split parents. There is no other way to describe Alexander being true to life.
Nicole is Alexander's dad's girlfriend's daughter, (whew!) She can practically pass as my sister! (Which makes her pretty realistic,) she is an any day teenager. She thinks her siblings are annoying, she loves going to the mall, she thinks everything that is out of her interest is boring, and she loves to be with her friends. But what I think is the most realistic part of her is the fact that her dad died. Many people have had parents pass away, and I think that's the easiest thing to connect with her. Not even if you had a parent pass away but even a family member. The one part that is easiest to relate to her was her hating things that relate to her late father. Because, usually you don't want to be reminded of anything that has a connection to your deceased loved one.
Carleton is a very realistic child as well. He reminds me of the little brother from Jurassic World because of his love for dinosaurs. Thinking of that connection, Nicole and Carleton can pass as the brothers inside the movie! Anyway, he loves dinosaurs, and tattles on anything he thinks is wrong. He is basically the average five year old. He loves to ask questions and he throughs fits when he doesn't get his way. A lot of people can relate to this whether from having little siblings, cousins, nieces or nephews. Or from having friends with little siblings, you can't do anything without them squealing on you. Also, he is always wanting to do what he thinks is "big kid stuff", he wants to be exactly like Alexander, and he wants to hang out with Nicole at the mall.
Rich is not very realistic, well I mean he can and he can't be. A couple of reasons of why he can be realistic is because many people die to protect their family by serving in the army, which is what he did. Rich was sixteen when he decided to join the Confederates in the War Between the States (aka Civil War.) He is also very naturalistic because, he cares a lot about his sister and was always by her side until he ran away to the war. Many siblings have that one brother or sister they are super close with. Whether it's a twin or someone who is closer to your age, you at least like them. Some reasons he isn't very realistic is because he's a ghost! Hence the title, Ghost Soldier.
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