Up a Road Slowly | 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

Julie Trelling - She is the protagonist of the story that spans her life from the age of seven to seventeen.

Aunt Cordelia - When Julie first encounters life with her, her prospects seem dark, but she loves Julie without measure and raises her as if she were her own daughter.

Uncle Haskell - Aunt Cordelia's brother lives in the carriage house on the farm, where he and Aunt Cordelia grew up.

Laura Trelling - Julie's older sister who is seventeen at the time of her mother's death and is allowed to stay...
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