Our Only May Amelia
By: Jennifer L. Holm
 

Character Sketcher Example


Your job is to sketch May Amelia.


1. (trait) brave page 3 paragraph 5

May Amelia is very brave in the beginning of the novel because she is a young girl that runs away by herself to The Baby
Island to be alone.

2. (trait) responsible page 5 paragraph 6

May Amelia is very responsible and caring.  She helps out around the house because her mother is pregnant and worn out all of the time, so she does just about everything to help her out.

3. (trait) determined page 18 paragraph 4

May Amelia keeps telling her brother Wilbert that she wants to leave the farm, and she seems determined to do it one day.



Character's Goal:

May Amelia goal is to leave the farm one day.

Problem:

May Amelia's problem is trying to fit in on their small farm in Nasel with so many brothers.

Solution:

May Amelia's solution is to run away from the farm one day.  She wants to go out into the wide world and do what she wants to do.



 



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