List D Characters and Book Titles 2011-12
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mrshanlon on January 10, 2012
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List D Characters and descriptions with associated Book Title
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Pleasant Hill Battle of the Books
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Norman Schmidt - 11 year old 6th grader who wants to be a baseball player or an artist, but lost his hand in a meat grinder accident | One Handed Catch |
| Leon Ludewig - Norman's best friend who is over at Norman's house a lot | One Handed Catch |
| Mr. Knapp - sign painter in Lake Carmel | One Handed Catch |
| Mrs. Baumgartner - high maintenance grocery customer | One Handed Catch |
| Ellie Schmidt - Norm's younger sister who's in Brownies and likes to play with dolls | One Handed Catch |
| Ray - only grocery store employee | One Handed Catch |
| Dr. Cupernail - Schmidt family doctor | One Handed Catch |
| Dr. Zeigler - surgeon who got Norm out of the meat grinder | One Handed Catch |
| Mrs. Lucille Schmidt - Norm's mom and a huge Giants fan | One Handed Catch |
| Miss Albright - social worker who talked to Norm about ADL (activities of daily living) | One Handed Catch |
| Pete Gray - one handed out fielder for the St. Louis Browns | One Handed Catch |
| Knocky - Norm's dog | One Handed Catch |
| Phyllis Ludewig - Leon's sister who makes a Spam and lima bean casserole even the dog won't eat | One Handed Catch |
| Schneider girls - live next door to Schmidt's and their family owns the Happy Valley Restaurant | One Handed Catch |
| Gordie Corrigan - nosey, big mouth kid in Norm and Leon's class | One Handed Catch |
| Mr. Gargolus - music teacher | One Handed Catch |
| Mr. Locke - gym teacher and summer baseball team coach | One Handed Catch |
| Mr. Palmer - Boy Scout Troop 22 Scout Leader | One Handed Catch |
| Carl Oberndorfer - Norm's friend and new kid in town who lives with Oma, his grandmother | One Handed Catch |
| Mr. Schmidt - Norm's dad who runs a butcher/grocery store and hits his Christmas cookie tin in the meat locker | One Handed Catch |
| Agnes (Aggie) duncan - widow who owns the Sleepy Time Motel in Shawnee Gap, NC | Greetings from Nowhere |
| Harold Duncan - husband of Aggie who has passed away | Greetings From Nowhere |
| Willow - girl whose mother left and her parents divorced, her dad wants to buy the Sleepy Time Motel | Greetings From Nowhere |
| Clyde - Willow's dad who thinks buying the Sleepy Time Motel will help him start a new life | Greetings From Nowhere |
| Kirby - an angry boy who doesn't see a reason to be pleasant or open up to people, he is on his way to a strict boarding school | Greetings From Nowhere |
| Loretta - an upbeat, friendly, talkative girl who was adopted as a baby and received a charm bracelet that once belonged to her birth mother | Greetings From Nowhere |
| Daggie Dogfoot - runt with deformed front feet who stayed with his mother when the others were weaned | Pigs Might Fly |
| Mrs. Barleylove - Daggie's mother in pen #5 | Pigs Might Fly |
| Pigman - servant and duck man who was fat and pig-like | Pigs Might Fly |
| Mrs. Troughlicker - in pen #1 | Pigs Might Fly |
| Mrs. Boltapple - in pen #2 | Pigs Might Fly |
| Mrs. Swedechopper - in pen #3 | Pigs Might Fly |
| Mrs. Swiller - in pen #4 | Pigs Might Fly |
| Mrs. Gobblespud - in pen #6 | Pigs Might Fly |
| Mrs. Maizemunch - in pen #7 | Pigs Might Fly |
| Mrs. Grazegrass - in pen #8 | Pigs Might Fly |
| Mrs. Grubguzzle - in pen #9 | Pigs Might Fly |
| Champion Imperial Challenger III of Ploughbarrow - Squire, boar and father of all piglets | Pigs Might Fly |
| Felicity - a Muscovy duck who perches in trees and roosted in an Alder tree, originally from South America, gave Daggie swimming lessons | Pigs Might Fly |
| Izaak (Ike) - an otter, 30" long, who likes to play jokes | Pigs Might Fly |
| St. Anthony - patron saint of Pigmen | Pigs Might Fly |
| Margaret (Meg) Murry - the oldest in the family, a sensitive and unhappy girl with braces, glasses and mouse-brown hair | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Sandy and Dennys - Meg and Charles Wallace's 10 year old twin brothers who feel it is their duty to protect the family | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Charles Wallace - the younger child in the Murry family who is extremely intelligent and able to read people's minds | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Fortinbras - the Murry family's big black dog, part Llewellyn setter and part greyhound | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Mrs. Murry - mother of Meg, Sandy, Dennys and Charles Wallace, a scientist with flaming red hair, creamy skin and violet eyes with long, dark lashes | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Mr. Murry - a physicist with several Ph.D's who disappeared while on a secret and dangerous government mission | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Mrs. Buncombe - the Constable's wife who has 12 sheets stolen from her | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Miss Porter - Meg's teacher | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Mr. Jenkins - Meg's school principal | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Calvin O'Keefe - a tall, skinny 14 year old boy with orange hair, freckles and bright blue eyes; when he gets a compulsion, he always does what it tells him | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Mrs. Whatsit - lives with Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which in the haunted house in the woods and metamorphosises into a beautiful winged creature to carry Meg, Calvin and Charles Wallace to see the dar Thing that their father is fighting | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Mrs. Who - a plump little woman who wears enormous spectacles and speaks in quotes because she has difficulty verbalizing | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Mrs. Which - has a difficult time materializing. appears at first as a shimmer, then as a figure in a black robe and black peaked hat, beady eyes, a beaked nose with long, gray hair, clutching a broomstick | A Wrinkle in Time |
| The Happy Medium - lives in a cave on a planet in Orion's belt and wears a turban of pale, mauve silk and a long, flowing, purple satin gown. | A Wrinkle in Time |
| The Man with Red Eyes - the Prime Coordinator - the children encounter him in the CENTRAL (Central Intelligence Building) on Comazotz. He subjects Charles Wallace to IT's control | A Wrinkle in Time |
| IT - a disembodied, oversized, pulsating brain that controls everyone on Comazotz | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Aunt Beast - a tall, gray, furry, faceless, tentacled creature on the planet Ixchel that counteracts the effects of the Black Thing on Meg and helps her to feel better | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Homer - a boy who lives 2 miles from Centerburg with his father and mother | Homer Price |
| Tabby - the family cat | Homer Price |
| Aroma - the skunk who the main character turns into a pet | Homer Price |
| Mr. Dreggs - creator of Dreggs Lotion and sponsor of the local radio program | Homer Price |
| Mr. Price - owns a tourist camp and a filling station | Homer Price |
| Mrs. Price - cooks and takes care of the cabins at the tourist camp | Homer Price |
| Freddy - Homer's good friend | Homer Price |
| Louis - Freddy's little brother in "The Case of the Cosmic Comic" | Homer Price |
| Uncle Ulysses - the main character's uncle who owns a lunchroom | Homer Price |
| Super-Duper - the comic book hero | Homer Price |
| Aunt Agnes - wife of Uncle Ulysses | Homer Price |
| Mr. Gabby - an advertising man/"sandwich man" | Homer Price |
| Mrs. Enders - lady in the limousine | Homer Price |
| Charles - the chauffeur | Homer Price |
| Rupert Black - winner of a contest who finds a bracelet in a doughnut | Homer Price |
| Miss Terwilliger - a good knitter whose favorite dress was robin's egg blue, famous for her fried chicken | Homer Price |
| Telemachus (Uncle Telly) - an admirer of Miss Terwilliger and a collect of string | Homer Price |
| Judge Shank - suggested a contest for the county fair | Homer Price |
| Michael Murphy - the stranger with the long beard, old clothes and mysterious old car who had been working on the hills and away from people for 30 years | Homer Price |
| Miss Naomi Enders - the lady who just moved into town and helped the main character make doughnuts by using her family recipe | Homer Price |
| Dulcey Dooner - the sign putter-upper for Enders Heights | Homer Price |
| Alex - Jewish boy hiding in a Polish ghetto during World War II | Island on Bird Street |
| Alex's Father - worked in a rope factory in the ghetto, promised to escape from the Germans and come back to the ghetto | Island on Bird Street |
| Alex's Mother - transported to Germany while visiting another ghetto | Island on Bird Street |
| Gryns Family - another Polish family that constructed a bunker with Alex's family, refused to share food with Alex when everyone in the ghetto was deported to concentration camps | Island on Bird Street |
| Mietak Gryns - father of the Gryns' family | Island on Bird Street |
| Tsippora, Avrom, Yossi Gryns - children of the Gryns' family | Island on Bird Street |
| Old Boruch - friend of Alex's father, storeroom manager at the rope factory, lost his life helping Alex escape the Germans | Island on Bird Street |
| Martha and parents - Martha is 8 or 9 years old, another family hiding in the ghetto, stole food Alex had found | Island on Bird Street |
| Stashya - a girl living outside the ghetto that Alex watches through his vent, they become friends when he sneaks out of the ghetto | Island on Bird Street |
| Yanek - a bully that watches through his vent | Island on Bird Street |
| Aunt Kristina - Yanek's aunt | Island on Bird Street |
| Dr. Stanislaw Polawski - a doctor that lives in the same building as Stashya | Island on Bird Street |
| Helinka Polawski - the doctor's wife | Island on Bird Street |
| Bolek - a doorman who is a member of the Polish underground; Alex first met him when he was searching the ghetto for supplies; he helps Henryk escape | Island on Bird Street |
| Freddy - Jew trying to join the ghetto uprising that hide with Alex | Island on Bird Street |
| Henryk - Jew trying to join the ghetto uprising that hides with Alex; wounded arm; treated by Dr. Polawski | Island on Bird Street |
| Snow - Alex's pet mouse | Island on Bird Street |
| 78 Bird Street - Alex's hiding place; bombed house at the edge of the ghetto that once had 6 floors | Island on Bird Street |
| 32 Bakers Street - location of secret passage out of the ghetto | Island on Bird Street |
| Robert Ebenezer Ellis - nickname Sneezer, main character, 10 years old, likes baseball and writing, has a bad temper, plays pitcher/2nd base, B-level player, #9 | Bobby Baseball |
| Sammy Ellis - Bobby's older brother, 14 years old, thick eyeglasses, former catcher, had to stop playing due to pro eyesight | Bobby Baseball |
| Charles (Charles) Ellis - Bobby's father, played 2nd base in the St. Louis Cardinals farm system, sells insurance, coaches Bobby's team | Bobby Baseball |
| Molly Herr - Bobby's mother, English teacher, loves to read, good Scrabble player | Bobby Baseball |
| Albert Herr - Bobby's grandfather, St. Louis Cardinals fan, loves with Bobby's family | Bobby Baseball |
| Jason (Jumpin') Moss - Bobby's best friend who is tall and has freckles and lives down the street, left-handed, plays 1st base, loves music, B-player because he strikes out too often, #7 | Bobby Baseball |
| Ned (Jelly Belly) Robbins - overweight and plays catcher | Bobby Baseball |
| Jimmy Rossillo - starting catcher, tough kid who gets in trouble at school | Bobby Baseball |
| Jane (Mouth) DeMuth - a small girl who talks a lot and bunts well, plays 2nd base, right-handed, got hit in the mouth at practice, #11 | Bobby Baseball |
| Freddie Miller - center, becomes pitcher and throws hard, #3 | Bobby Baseball |
| Nancy Moriarty - Mouth's friend who's not a skilled player and plays backup outfielder | Bobby Baseball |
| Jack Ulman - back up on first | Bobby Baseball |
| Sean (Gardy) Gardner - #43 | Bobby Baseball |
| Mike Lum - plays 3rd | Bobby Baseball |
| Tony Gomez - plays shortstop, #14 | Bobby Baseball |
| Roger Tucker - plays backup 2nd base | Bobby Baseball |
| Karl (KP) Peters - infielder, #23 | Bobby Baseball |
| Mike Marder - left, #34 | Bobby Baseball |
| Bill Alston - right | Bobby Baseball |
| Miss DeBoer - Bobby's teacher who complains that Bobby only writes about baseball | Bobby Baseball |
| Jack Sheridan - coach of the Rangers, Dad's friend, usually has good teams | Bobby Baseball |
| Andy Manetti - "Mr. Magnificent", main character who liked to collect baseball cards, his mom died when he was 2 months old | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Jason Manetti - "Mr. Gifted", 10 year old stepbrother of Andy who had an incredible memory, always bragging | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Miss Haverly - Andy's teacher who had her first year of teaching Social Studies and planned to take the class on a trip to the Barton Museum of Fine Arts | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Keggan McGrath - Andy's best friend who used a hamster for his social studies project | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Marie Manetti - Andy's stepmother who loved to wear lots of big jewelry even when she's in her nightgown; she rarely yelled and found nice ways of telling Andy to do things | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Winks Manetti - real name is Vanessa; special baby who has this funny look as if she knew everything her brothers say; loves to swing and her favorite toy is a plush pink pig | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Megan McGrath - Keggan's sister who made a special meal for her school nutrition project | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Phil Manetti - Andy's dad who has a job as a mason (lifting block and hauling brick) | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Wiley - a hamster owned by Megan McGrath | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Mr. Supps - Andy's school principal | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Mrs. Foley - Andy's school art teacher | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Stacey Brinkly - the best artist in the fifth grade | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Mr. Gaven - the crabbiest substitute teacher for Miss Haverly | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Max Silvestri - one of the smartest kids in Andy's class | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Devin Ritter - the bus guard | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Annie Manetti - Andy's mom who died when he was 2 months old | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Frank Sabatino - one of Andy's classmates who sneezed loud and startled Keggan making him swing his paint brush getting a glob of green pain on his head | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Tony Hague - classmate of Andy's who got hit by a glob of paint on his head by Keggan | The Magnificent Mummy Maker |
| Frederick Gilmore - nickname "Spoon", 10 year old boy who lived in Madison, WI with his Mom, Dad, brother (12 yrs old) and sister (6 yrs old) | Sun and Spoon |
| Scott Gilmore - Frederick's (Spoon's) father, 4th grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School whose hobby is gardening | Sun and Spoon |
| Kay Gilmore - Frederick's (Spoon's) mother, art teacher at Lincoln Elementary whose hobby is gardening | Sun and Spoon |
| Charlie Gilmore - Frederick's (Spoon's) 12 year old rother | Sun and Spoon |
| Joanie Gilmore - Frederick's (Spoon's) 6 year old sister who collects "bones" (twigs and sticks) | Sun and Spoon |
| Evie - Frederick's (Spoon's) maternal grandmother who lives in Oregon | Sun and Spoon |
| Pa - Frederick's (Spoon's) paternal grandfather who lives five blocks away from Spoon | Sun and Spoon |
| Grams - Frederick's (Spoon's) paternal grandmother who died suddenly from a heart attack; she collected suns and geraniums were her favorite flower because she liked the way they smelled of the earth | Sun and Spoon |
| Jonathan Palmer - a 12 year old boy, main character of the story, likes baseball | Earthquake Terror |
| Abby Palmer - 6 year old girl and sister of Jonathan who can't walk by herself because of an accident (falling off the slide on the playground) | Earthquake Terror |
| Mrs. Palmer - Jon and Abby's mom who breaks her ankle when the family is at the lake | Earthquake Terror |
| Mr. Palmer - Jon and Abby's dad | Earthquake Terror |
| Moose - Jon's dog, a golden retreiver | Earthquake Terror |
| Shiloh - a dog who belonged to Judd Travers but ran away | Saving Shiloh |
| Marty Preston - main character | Saving Shiloh |
| David Howard - Marty's best friend | Saving Shiloh |
| Dara Lynn Preston - Marty's 7 year old sister | Saving Shiloh |
| Becky Preston - Marty's 3 year old sister | Saving Shiloh |
| Mr. Howard - David's dad, a newspaper reporter | Saving Shiloh |
| Dr. John Collins - town vet, Marty works for him on Saturday mornings | Saving Shiloh |
| Dad Preston - Marty's dad, a mailman | Saving Shiloh |
| Ma Preston - Marty's mom | Saving Shiloh |
| Judd Travers - odd man who townspeople are afraid, hunts squirrels and turkeys | Saving Shiloh |
| Howard Jeeter, 10 1/2 year old 5th grader, main character whose family moves from Arizona to Massachusetts | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Gaylord Jeeter, Howard's baby brother | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Barry Thornsberry and Roger Grimsley - Howard's best friends in Arizona | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Miss Filbert - Howard, Barry and Roger's preschool teacher | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Bill - Howard's dog, a basset hound | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Clifford Jeeter - Howard's dad, "Big Jake" is his CB handle | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Molly Vera Thompson - Howard's neighbor after he moves to Massachusetts, 1st grader with red frizzy hair missing two front teeth, lives with "Nonny" her grandmother because her parents are divorced | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Mrs. Walton - Howard's teacher in Massachusetts | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Sally - Molly Vera Thompson's friend | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Pete - kid in Howard's class, a jock, called out Howard and Ollie for playing keep away with Molly's doll | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Ollie - wise guy kid in Howard's class | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Chester Pewe - crossing guard for 20 years, had a street named after him when he retired, Howard lives on that street | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Buzz and Ralph - the 300 pound mover and thin mover who moved the Jetter family's things into their house in Massachusetts | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Frankie Boatwright - the kid Molly pushed off the swing | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Madeline - Molly's doll, a gift from her foster home who keeps Molly safe from frog heads under the bed at night | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Uncle Russell - Molly's uncle, gave her rain boots | The Kid in the Red Jacket |
| Mafatu - means "Stout Heart", 15 year old boy, son of the chief, mother dies at his side when he is very young | Call It Courage |
| Uri - stray dog, constant companion of Mafatu on his journey | Call It Courage |
| Kivi - albatross who helps Mafatu | Call It Courage |
| Tavana Nui - Mafatu's father, chief of the Hikueru | Call It Courage |
| Moana - the sea god | Call It Courage |
| Maui - the god of fisherman | Call It Courage |
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