on the edge

Carlota Maresca

ON THE EDGE

·         Author: Gillian Cross

·         Characters:

Ø  Tug: The main character

Ø  Jinny Slattery: Is the sister of tug

Ø  Joe: father of Tug

Ø  Mr. Hollins: The owner of the shop and the farmer.

Ø  Rachel Hollins: The friend of Jinny. Her father is the policeman of the village.

Ø  Philip: The son of Mrs. Hollins.

Ø  Harriet Shakespeare: a TV reporter.

Ø  Hare-woman

Ø  Mrs. Doyle

Ø  Keith: Rachel Hollins’ brother

v  Setting:

Ø  The courage was dark because it was in the night.

Ø  The house was dark.

Ø  The shop bought a lot of products.

Ø  The other house there was low music and, in the window, there are a strong bar across it.

Ø  Jinny farm

chapter 1:

Tug was running to his house. Someone hit to Tug. Jinny and Joe went out of a farmhouse when some was talking in a garage. Tug wake up with some other body. A pretty woman goes to the shop.

 chapter 2:

Tug try to sleep but the music was too laud. Eat the breakfast that the hare-woman do for him. Jinny tried to spy and know what happen at the courage. Doyle catch her, and she said the excuse that she was looking for mushrooms. Jinny heard a voice inside of the house shouting help. Then she run to home. The hare-woman hit Tug two times in his face. Doyle was seating by the door, cleaning his gun. Jinny that was running to the village. She searches to Keith and explain her what happen. Tug try to scape sharing a paper plane to the window with the newspaper of the room.

chapter 3:

Jinny talk with her parents why she must work at the farm instead of have fun. Tug go downstairs and saw the news with the Hare-woman and Doyle. Keith was very excited about Liam Shakespeare story. Tug when to sleep and suddenly wake up of a night-mare. Doyle want to tell him a bed night story. The hare woman does a hot chocolate for him. Jinny found the paper plane with the help message of Tug. Bring the paper to Keith dad that was policeman. Jinny and the police man when to the courage to make some questions to the people. Tug brake a photo of him when he was six years old. Doing these he hurt the woman.

v  chapter 4:

Jinny was busy on Saturday. She thinks that Liliam Shakespeare was the boy of the cottage. Tug, Doyle and the Woman have a “Lovely family meal”. Jinny try to convince Mr. Hollins. They met at 10 o’clock. The Woman was sitting in front of the door of Tug’s room. The Woman explain to Tug why she and Doyle thing that the families aren’t good. Jinny try to explain to Harriet Shakespeare that Liliam was in their village. They don’t trust she.

chapter 5:

The Woman wake Tug and said that he has to listen to the news. The news say that Liliam wasn’t in his house, what they all think. Tug try to remember who he was. Harriet asks where was Liliam to Jinny. Tug, the Woman and Doyle were having breakfast. The Woman and Doyle have their guns by their side. The Woman ask Tug what he would like to do the last day of his live. Tug said run. Jinny, Oz, their parents, Harriet and Keith make a plan to save Tug. Tug, the Woman and Doyle run away from the village with the car. Doyle pointed Jinny with the gun. Tug run before he dies. The Woman was pointing Tug with the gun. The Woman died. Tug run.