In Steinke's novel Friendswood we are introduced to Lee, Hal, Willa, Dex, Jess, and Cully. Lee and Hal are the adults in the book. First, we have Lee who is now an environmental activist after a disease due to toxic chemicals killed her daughter Jess. Then, we have Hal: Hal is a real estate agent, who is currently struggling with making a sale. He has a son in high school named Cully.
Friendswood High School appears to be very cliquy and separated by “social status”. To begin with, we have Willa who is a sweet, innocent girl that is portrayed as weird and a nerd. Then, we have Cully who is the complete opposite; he is jock, star football player, and extremely popular. Lastly, we have Dex who seems to be good hearted but “invisible”. Right from the beginning of the novel, it is noticeable that Willa and Cully like each other. After all, opposites attract right?
Steinke separated her book into chapters about each character. In each chapter we see each character is going through a lot in their life. For example, Lee lost her daughter, Hal is having a hard time with work, Cully has problems with his mom, and so on. All in all, Steinke has really grasped my attention so far, and I cannot wait to find out more about these characters in the chapters to come!
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