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Swallowing Stones
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22
English
8th Grade
05/14/2014

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Michael
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accidentally shot Charlie Ward
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Jenna
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the daughter of Charlie Ward, the man who was shot
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Darcy
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Michael's former girlfriend
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Amy
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Michael has fallen in love with her; wrote a letter to Jenna
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Joe
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Michael's friend; was with him when the shot was fired
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Meredith Ward
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Jenna's mom; Charlie Ward's wife
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Andrea
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Jenna's friend; trying to get Jenna out of the house
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Jason
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Jenna's boyfriend
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Ghost Tree
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a sycamore tree; Jenna keeps dreaming about it
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vigil
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Michael watches Jenna's house from the church steps
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Hangman
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Doug Boyle; a policeman on the Briarwood force
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Briarwood
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the setting of the story
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lifeguard
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Michael's job at the community pool
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Josh
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Michael's younger brother
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Winchester rifle
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source of the bullet that killed Charlie Ward
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trajectory
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the path of a bullet
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rooftop
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location of Mr. Ward when he was killed
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third person
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point of view of the story
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prologue
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the introduction to the novel; literally, "words in front"
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Annie
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Briarwood's "town gossip"
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Pappy
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Amy's grandfather; she lives with him since her parents died
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epilogue
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story doesn't have this; need one to wrap up the loose ends
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