Characters from Waiting for Anya

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

Jo - This character is a twelve-year-old boy living in a small French village during World War II. When the novel begins this character is in the field watching over the family's sheep.

Grandpere - This character lives with the family and does all he can to make up for his missing son. This character grew up in the village and knows of a cave where the children can hide, a fact that saves the children from being discovered when the soldiers conduct a house to house search.

Benjamin - This character...
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