Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview... a nerdy, friendless child, at least for a while. Thomas is finally befriended by Vada Sultenfuss, who at first is interested in him more as a subject of study than a real companion. But then the two get to know each other and find true friendship.
Personality… geeky and sheltered. Thomas is allergic to just about everything, and so remains careful about where he goes and what he does. But it’s hard to keep his curious spirit down, especially during the prime years of childhood when almost anything you do is a magical adventure.
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Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse.
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Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do and essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother.
