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Character Analysis Of The Character Annemarie In When You Reach Me
In the book “When You Reach Me”, written by Rebecca Stead, twelve-year old Miranda is the main character, she also is a dynamic character. At the end of the book Miranda has a totally different mindset than she had in the beginning of it. Her best friend, Sal, who is also the dynamic character, started to go away from Miranda, and she was sad about that. Later on she found out he was just noticing that he had no other friends besides Miranda, and he wanted to change that. After Sal stopped talking to Miranda, she found a new friend, Annemarie. Annemarie is a dynamic character because she changes her friends. She is always a happy girl, but she has a health condition called epilepsy. Marcus, otherwise known as the laughing man, he is always

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