Miles Newell - Miles Newell is a 16-year-old boy that is mechanically inclined. He loves to build things, as well as working with his tools. Miles is 5 foot 6 inches tall, and weighs 136 1/2 pounds. Miles also has very dark blue eyes, and buzzed hair. He is mostly the leader of his family at making life-changing decisions.
Sarah Newell - Sarah Newell is the sister of Miles. Sarah is 12 soon to be 13. She tends to be mean to Miles and her family. She often gets in fights with Miles, and thinks that she is the head of fashion. Also her nickname is "Goat Girl".
Arnold Newell - Arnold Newell is the father of the family. He loves music, and is a jazz drummer for Shawnee Kingston Jazz Band.
Natalie Newell - Natalie Newell is the mother of Sarah and Miles. She is also known as Nat. She tries to be nice, but if …show more content…
Kurz. He is Mile's oral history report "buddy" from the convalescent home. He is 90 years old with eyebrows as thick as a squirrels tail.
The setting of Memory Boy is set in the modern time during a mid-apocalyptic world, throughout many weeks during the fall and winter. The setting also takes place in the Great Woods of the Northern part of Minnesota near the Canadian border, and the rich suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota where the Newell's have a very large …show more content…
Sunlight is as limited as food, and cities are becoming more and more violent as people rob and kill in order to continue their life. Sixteen-year-old Miles Newell knows that the only possibility his family has of surviving, is to flee from their Minneapolis suburban house to their cabin in the forest. As the Newell's travel the highways on Miles' ultimate creation, the Ali Princess, they have high hopes for protection and peace. But as they venture deeper into the wilderness, they start to take in that it's not only city folk that has changed for the
Sarah Newell - Sarah Newell is the sister of Miles. Sarah is 12 soon to be 13. She tends to be mean to Miles and her family. She often gets in fights with Miles, and thinks that she is the head of fashion. Also her nickname is "Goat Girl".
Arnold Newell - Arnold Newell is the father of the family. He loves music, and is a jazz drummer for Shawnee Kingston Jazz Band.
Natalie Newell - Natalie Newell is the mother of Sarah and Miles. She is also known as Nat. She tries to be nice, but if …show more content…
Kurz. He is Mile's oral history report "buddy" from the convalescent home. He is 90 years old with eyebrows as thick as a squirrels tail.
The setting of Memory Boy is set in the modern time during a mid-apocalyptic world, throughout many weeks during the fall and winter. The setting also takes place in the Great Woods of the Northern part of Minnesota near the Canadian border, and the rich suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota where the Newell's have a very large …show more content…
Sunlight is as limited as food, and cities are becoming more and more violent as people rob and kill in order to continue their life. Sixteen-year-old Miles Newell knows that the only possibility his family has of surviving, is to flee from their Minneapolis suburban house to their cabin in the forest. As the Newell's travel the highways on Miles' ultimate creation, the Ali Princess, they have high hopes for protection and peace. But as they venture deeper into the wilderness, they start to take in that it's not only city folk that has changed for the