The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon | 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

Patricia (Trisha) McFarland - This character is a child who gets lost in the woods and survives for more than a week on very few resources.

Larry McFarland - This character is one of the divorced parents of a little girl who gets lost in the woods. The character believes in a very impersonal substitute for God.

Quilla Anderson - This character is one of the divorced parents of a little girl who gets lost in the woods. The character constantly bickers with their son while dragging the children on weekend activities.

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