Brother Odd | 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

Odd Thomas (Brother Odd) - He is twenty-one years old, and lost his best friend and girlfriend sixteen months ago.

Bodachs - These are supernatural entities seen only by Odd Thomas and Boo, the Abbey's only dog, they are inky black and have little more substance than the shadows themselves.

Rodion Romanovich - Introducing himself as a librarian from Indianapolis, he is actually an NSA agent undercover as a guest at the monastery.

Sister Angela (Mother Superior) - She is one of only three people at the Abbey who knows about Odd's rather...
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