Character Sketch- Sam Roth

Sam Roth 

Another main character in the novel "Shiver" is Sam Roth. Sam lives his life either as a human or a werewolf. When Sam is a human he has floppy dark brown hair and beautiful unique yellow eyes which stay the same when he is human. Sam is lean, and he has a lanky frame. Sam enjoys reading poetry and he can also play the guitar. Sam has been through some horrifying things as a child. Sam loves Grace who is another main character in the novel extremely much.                                                                                                   

Quotes from the book that describes what Sam looks like:

"His yellow eyes looked into mine while the other wolves jerked me this way and that" If he'd gone to my school, he probably would've been dismissed as an emo kid or maybe a long-lost member of the Beatles." "He had that sore of mop top black hair and interestingly shaped noes that girl could never get away with" 

"He was beautiful: wild and dark, yellow eyes filled with a complexity I couldn’t begin to fathom. And he gave off a scent the same as the other wolves around me-rich, feral, musky. "

Character Sketch- Grace Brisbane

Grace Brisbane

One of the main characters in the novel "Shiver" is Grace Brisbane. Grace is seventeen years old and she lives in Mercy Falls, Minnesota with her parents and her wolf. Grace has dark blond hair and brown eyes. She has two best friends whose names are Rachel and Olivia. Grace loves to read and admire the wolves. Grace drives a Bronco after her dad received a raise. Grace is interested in numbers and enjoys math. She also is a good cook because she is use to preparing her own meals after school when her parents are at work. Grace falls in love with another main character in the novel whose name is Sam.

Quotes that describe what Grace looks like:

"I don't think I would've given the girls a second thought, except that at the edge of my vision I saw one of them sweep up her dark blond hair and twist it into a long ponytail."

"Next to the two of them, I was the embodiment of winter- dark blond hair and serious brown eyes. a summer girl faded by cold"

Reflecting on Chapters

1.    Give a brief explanation on the following based on the first chapter of your novel:
Protagonist (the main character): Grace and Sam
Setting – Time:  Present
Setting – Place: Woods, School, and Grace's home
Internal Conflict: Grace wants to talk to Sam who is a wolf that watches her every day at the edge of the woods in her backyard. No matter how hard she tries to reach him, he would always melt into the undergrowth before she could cross the distance between them. Grace just waited until he was ready to talk to her. She knew that Sam waited too but she didn’t know what he was waiting for. It felt like she was the only one reaching out. Sam was always watching her, never any closer to her, but never any farther away, either.
  External Conflict: Grace’s mom thought the wolves are peaceful creatures but after another attack happened Grace’s mom opinion about the wolves changed. Grace’s mom started to be terrified of the wolves now. When another attacked happened it refreshed Grace’s mom memory about Grace’s incident with the wolves that happened six years ago.

2. Find two quotations from the novel that include examples of imagery (descriptive language that appeals to one of the five senses).

“Their tongues melted my skin; their careless teeth ripped at my sleeves and snagged through my hair, pushed against my collarbone, the pulse at my neck.” – Page 1

“I could smell her blood, a warm, bright science in this dead, cold world” – Page 2

3. Copy 4 quotes (could be the narration or dialogue) from the novel that would help describe the protagonist to someone who has never read the book.

Sam

“I remember this: his yellow eyes.” – Page 2

“He was large enough to tear me from my swing, strong enough to knock me down and drag me into the woods. But the ferocity of his body wasn’t in his eyes. I remembered his gaze, every hue of yellow, and I couldn’t be afraid. “ – Page 6

Grace

“ I saw one of them sweep up her dark blond hair and twist it into a long ponytail.” – Page 8

“I watched the way the sunlight streamed through the windows, catching the individual flyaway hairs in her ponytail and turning each one into a shimmering gold strand.” – Page 10 

4. Choose four interesting words from the first chapter and define them.

Recoiled: to draw back, start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.

Ferocity: a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness

Imperceptibly: very slight, gradual, or subtle: the imperceptible slope of the road

Furtive: taken, done, used, etc., by stealth; secret: a furtive glance

Insatiable: not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge

Diorama: a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background

Maggie Stiefvater

Maggie Stiefvater is a bestselling American author of young-adult/urban fantasy novels. Maggie has written the Shiver series and the Books of Faerie. Maggie also has written many short stories which one of the stories is called "Kiss me Deadly."  Maggie's book called "shiver" was debuted at #9 on the New York Times bestseller list,  it was also Indies Choice Book Award Finalist, ALA Best Books for Young Adults , ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers , Amazon Top Ten Books for Teens, Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2009 , Border's Original Voices Pick & Finalist, Barnes & Noble 2009 Top Twenty Books for Teens , CBC Children's Choice Awards Finalist , SIBA 2010 Book Award Finalist , Junior Library Guild Selection , Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Nominee  and Glamour's Best Book to Curl Up With. Maggie is a twenty-seven-year-old writer, artist, and musician. Maggie lives in Virginia with her husband and their two children. Maggie plays the harp and the bagpipes and records her own music for her book videos which she also makes. People say that Maggie has a very unique voice - in both words and image. People even think that Maggie might be the next JK Rowling!

Shiver

In English class we are starting an independence novel study. We had to choose a novel we haven't read and so at first I had no idea what to choose as my novel. I decided to visit the chapters website thinking it will help me chose my novel. I'm very picky when it comes to choosing which books I want to read. I know what I'm about to say is wrong but I'm one of those people who judge books by their covers. It's just one of those bad habitats you cannot stop no matter how much you try. I love any books whether if it is romantic, scary, dark, happy or even sad but my favorite books are when they have a mix of everything. I love books that have a mystery to it and are dark, but also have a bit of romance in it. So, I'm hoping the book I chose has a bit of everything and judging by reading the back cover I think it does. The book I chose is called "Shiver". I'm so excited to finally pick up a book and get so involved with it that the world stops spinning and the book and I become one.