Black House: A Novel | 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

Jack Sawyer - This character is the main character in the story. He or she had been a police detective but retired after seeing a disturbing scene. This character rescues one of the children that have been kidnapped by a killer. This killer is shot and nearly killed at the end of the story but instead is rescued and taken to the Territories where this character had originally been from.

Charles Burnside - This character built the Black House. This character is a resident at a nursing home but is actually the Fisherman...
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