Denise Book Summary

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The setting of this book takes place in the town of Edenton. Edenton is a small Southern town, and it does matter to the book. It matters to the book because it’s a small town everyone knows each other and their business. Also, since it’s a small town Taylor is able to find Denise.

In this story, Denise is one of the main characters. Denise is a round character, we know many things about her. We know how Denise feels and her daily actions. Denise is important to the story because all of the story revolves around her. We know these things about Denise because of her actions and what she tells the reader in this book. Taylor is a dynamic character, we see many changes through him throughout this book. In the beginning, he is stubborn and won’t let anyone into his life. By the end of this book, Taylor
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2.) Taylor was the one who found Kyle in the woods.This is how Denise and Taylor met. It is a start of a friendship for them.
3.) Kyle can’t communicate well with others.This brings up many daily problems for
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Taylor and Denise end up getting married and have a child together. Also, Kyle starts going to school and shows plenty of improvement in communicating with others.The lesson in this book is to accept and to let yourself be worthy of others. In the end, Taylor accepts his father’s death. Accepting his father's death let room for Denise in his life.This lead him to let himself be worthy of Denise. Denise also had to do the same, she had to let herself be worthy of being loved and be in a

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