Character Traits:
Determined – pg. 25 par. 6
Jo is determined because she has a plan of what she will work on each year in order to be the best basketball player possible and one day play basketball professionally.

Impulsive – pg. 23 par. 7-8 (continue with par. 8 on page 24)
Jo is impulsive because she takes the growth tonic without thinking of the consequences.  All she can think about is her need to grow taller.  She buys the potion without asking her parents and without thinking about what it may do to her body in the future.

Impatient – pg. 3 par. 1
Jo is desperate because she thinks she has no other choice but to buy Dr. Sweet’s Tall-riffic Growth Potion.  She does not think about waiting to see if she grows some more as she gets older.  Instead she tries to speed up the process by taking the growth tonic.

Character Goal:
Jo Madison’s goal is to grow taller so that she will make the varsity basketball team when she gets to high school so that she can one day be a professional basketball player like her grandfather.

Character Problem:
Jo Madison’s problem is that she used a year's worth of allowance buying Dr. Sweet’s Tall-riffic Growth Potion in hopes that she would grow taller by using it.  Her problem is that she did not grow even a quarter of an inch taller and she used all of her money to buy a product that did not work.

Possible Solution to the Problem:
Perhaps the Super Crew will be able to find and confront Ross Grrow, the man who has sold the potion to people, in order to get Jo’s money back for her.  Jo will also hopefully not try to take any other growth tonic in an attempt to grow and will be satisfied to wait for her body to grow on its own.