A Salty Piece of Land | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Tully Mars - This character is a fugitive after throwing a massage table through the window of his employer's house.

Cleopatra Highbourne - This character is the 101-year-old captain of the schooner, Lucretia.

Ix-Nay - This character is a Mayan and Hunan.

Willie Singer - This character helps Tully to find the Fulsom lens for the lighthouse.

Sammy Raye Coconuts - This character inherits $17 million dollars and goes on to become a very successful songwriter.