Character Analysis: Lily's Crossing '

When lily went to South Carolina she goes to a lady named August. August is very artifice. Lily stays at her honey house for several months with her aunt Rooselyn. As she lives there she goes through many adventures and meets a ton of new people. She meets her true love Zach and two sister of August named May and June. She finds out a lot about her mother. She finds out that her mother Deborah stayed at the same honey house. She also finds out that her mother ran away from T-Ray when he was abusive. At the end T-Ray finds Lily at Augusts house and he threatens her that she has to come back home with him. Lily fights and eventually convinces T-Ray that she is better off with August and forgives him.

We start out in Lake Windsor, the housing development where Paul and his family live. Their neighborhood is nestled in among a bunch of other ritzy developments with fancy-sounding names, like the Manors of Coventry, and the Villas at Versailles. Lake Windsor even has its own middle and high school, so, for the first part of the book, the Fisher family's lives revolve around that one area of town. Mrs. Fisher heads up their Home Owner Association Architectural Committee, Erik joins his school's football team, and even Paul makes friends in their neighborhood.

In 20111, Molly Ayer is a 17, almost 18, year old troubled foster child living in Maine who is soon going to become too old for the foster system. After stealing a book from the library, the only way she can avoid getting kicked out of her foster home and being sent to a juvenile hall is helping an old woman named Vivian Daly clean out her attic as a community service project. Molly soon learns how closely related her and Vivian’s lives are related. Vivian and her family came from Ireland to New York in 1926 in hopes for a better future, but after a fire kills Vivian’s family she is put on an Orphan Train to Minnesota in order to find a new family. The train has 19 other children hoping for brighter futures, including a boy named Dutchy who Vivian strikes up a friendship with. Vivian is soon adopted by the Byrnes who call her Dorothy. Once the Great Depression struck though, Dorothy was moved to the Grote family, who lived in worse conditions than she has all her life. Although the conditions are grim, Dorothy is sent to school every day. After Mr. Grote attempts to rape Dorothy she goes to live with her teacher Ms. Larsen before being relocated to yet another new foster home. Dorothy soon finds the Nielson family which was a seemingly perfect fit for Dorothy. The only request the Nielson family had was to call Dorothy Vivian after their departed daughter. Vivian lives happily with the Nielsons and grows up to once again find Dutchy. Vivian and Dutchy are soon

Lily feels alone in this world. She is ostracized at school, treated with an absence of love and lives day to day knowing that she has committed irreversible acts. When she thinks about her mother all of these complications melt away in the warm allure she feels.

Our Story of Connie’s growth begin in mid-summer, her best friend’s father dropped them off at the shopping plaza all day and didn’t have to worry about them bugging him anymore. They usually went across a highway to

Lily is a fourteen year old girl who is devoted because she wants to know the truth behind her mother’s death. She endures many hardships, she is determined to escape her father and find out more about her mother and why she left her. With

In the fiction novel The Uglies, Tally Youngblood is a fifteen-year-old girl with a rebellious spirit who lives life on the edge of insanity. In The Uglies, Scott Westerfield uses conflict to reveal how Tally’s perspective of the Smoke and New Pretty Town has changed over the course of the story. This story gives its reader a strong insight into some of life’s adventures and the drama that comes along with growing up, as well as the operation you get when you turn 16 years old.

Makenna attends a Sunday school in a rural community. She finds herself befriending another child, named Stacey, and they really enjoy playing together. Stacey had just moved into her small town about three months ago and recently told Makenna that she would be leaving the town at the end of the week to go to a new family. This child, Stacey, is a foster child who was taken from her home because of her unstable family circumstances. However, Stacey has been jumping from home to home because the foster care provider has not been able to offer a stable foster care family.

R/s Samuel (10) and Bradley (8) haven’t been in school for seven days. R/s Brandi (mom) and the children were staying with Jeanne (a friend). R/s Brandy left the children with Jeanne for two days. R/s on last Saturday, Jeanne dropped the children off to their grandmother’s house. R/s Brandy returned with a man to Jeanne’s house. R/s the family moved to Clover, SC from Myrtle Beach, SC.

All along August had known who Lily was and she reveals that she had also known Lily's mother for the vast majority of her life. Lily immediately feels a greater connection with August and therefore shares all her problems and struggles with her because Lily has gained a special relationship with August where she feels comfortable to share personal things and trusts that August will help her. “Every person on the face of the earth makes mistakes, Lily. Every last one. We’re all so human… There is nothing perfect… There is only life.” (p.256) August had told Lily exactly what she wanted to hear. Lily needed a reassuring that everybody makes mistakes and that nobody should have to live a miserable life feeling sorry for themselves. It is important to learn to forgive oneself because unwanted things happen, but there is not enough time to dwell on the past. It is important to stay strong and keep moving forward, which is what Lily’s mother would have wanted, she would have wanted Lily to enjoy her life feeling content. August helps to enforce the fact that Lily is surrounded by people who love her and therefore she should not be so hard on herself. “Drifting off to sleep, I thought about her. How nobody is perfect. How you just have to close your eyes and breathe out and let the puzzle of the human heart be what it is.” (p. 288) Lily has finally learned forgiveness and to let go of her past and enjoy the present. Without the kind hearts, intelligence and comfort from the Boatwright sisters, Lily would not have been able to achieve this. They taught her crucial things that she wouldn’t otherwise have been able to learn at home. Another important event at the end of the book was when Lily uses the strength she has gained over the years and finally stands up to T-Ray. When T-Ray comes to get Lily he is filled with anger. He

Girl in Reverse, by Barbara Stuber, is a novel about a Chinese-American girl who lives with her foster parents in Kansas City. Throughout the course of the book, the protagonist, Lily and her brother, Ralph, try to unveil the mystery of Lily’s birth mother. However, this mission is not easy if you are Lily Firestone. Lily is a natural seen enemy who faces prejudice at school and in society. Together, Lily and Ralph fight against various obstacles in order to accomplish their goal. These two characters are foils that represent determination through their persistence, defiance, and curiosity.

Due to the families frequent moving, the family has minimal supports. Work for Rex and Rose Mary is inconsistent and puts a lot of financial strain on the family. Thus, the housing circumstances the children encounter often provide an unstable environment. Moreover, the lack of education the children receive is an issue. At one point, children protective services are brought to speak with the family but there is nothing further. Rose Mary and Jeanette both find comfort and support in their artistic ways. Additionally, Jeanette and Rex have a strong relationship as well as the four siblings.

Devlin, a 13-year-old boy, knows all too well what it feels like to be left behind. He was already subjected to a tough life, living with his three younger siblings – Tracy, Zachary and Sammy – until his mother began dating yet another horrible boyfriend. This one was different. ‘Greg’ was abusive towards her and harassed the children. Every time Devlin’s mother would check to see why the kids were crying her boyfriend would always point the finger at Devlin, who found no use in arguing back. With the arrival of a new sister, Jade, Devlin’s mother was tipped over the edge, finally deciding to send him to a foster home. Over the years Devlin had managed to run away from each home just as fast as his social worker, Aroha, could place him in them.

The book entitled "You're mean Lily Jean" would be a good choice of material for this particular story time theme because it has a lot of great lessons that can help children deal with conflict and bullying. One of the lessons children can take from this story is how to recognize when they are being bullied. Sometimes in life people can have friends who act more like a bully towards them than as a friend. In the story Sandy and her sister Carly become friends with a girl named Lily Jean who just moved in next door, however Lily Jean does not always treat Carly fairly or kindly and even begins to bully her. While playing make believe Lily Jean makes Carly take on demeaning roles such as playing the baby when they play house, playing a cow

The identical twins Ray and Jay Grayson prepare for yet another year of being perceived as "two peas in a pod, two ducks on a pond, two spoons in a drawer," when their family moves from Colorado to Cleveland before the start of sixth grade. But when Ray gets sick on the first day of school and Jay discovers that Ray's school records have been misplaced, the two hatch a plan to alternate attendance, at least for the first week or so, and see what it feels like to be viewed as an individual. After some investigation, he realizes that the school only has records for one of them. This slim story has all the elements readers have come to expect from Clements (Frindle): a school setting, likable secondary characters, supportive adults and a challenge