A Northern Light (2003) (edit title/settings)

Susan Fuchs edited the characters of A Northern Light Monday, January 30, 2012.

• Edited the description of Royal Loomis: 18 yrs old Tall Blond, broad-shouldered and handsome. 2nd eldest boy of the Loomis family. There were two younger and 1 older, Dan who had just gotten engaged to Belinda Becker. There is an ongoing hatred between the Loomis boys and the Tommy Hubbard, which will be explained toward the end.end. Royal is nearly a stereotype figure.

Kaya Taylor edited the characters of A Northern Light Monday, December 12, 2011.

• Edited the description of Lou Gokey: Mattie's 11 year old sister who loves to argue with Beth, and dress enjoys dressing and actacting like a boy.

Kaya Taylor edited the characters of A Northern Light Monday, December 12, 2011.

• Edited the description of Mattie Gokey: Sixteen-year-old girl, desperate for money gets a job at the Glenmore hotel. SheA sixteen year old girl who loves to read and has big dreams of beinggoing to college in New York and become a writer and goingfamous write, but has to college.face the challenges of life.
• Edited the description of Carl Grahm: aka Chester Gillette. CommittedLover of Grace Brown's murder.Brown.
• marked the description of Carl Grahm as not a spoiler
• Edited the description of Aunt Josie: Mattie's aunt on her mother's side. Sheside who is also veryrich and nosy. She loves stickingwhose joy in life is to stick her nose intoin other people'speoples business.

Kaya Taylor edited the characters of A Northern Light Monday, December 12, 2011.

• Edited the description of Lou Gokey: Mattie's 11 year old sister who loves to argue with Beth.Beth, and dress and act like boy.

Libeary Mery edited the characters of A Northern Light Saturday, October 29, 2011.

• Edited a character: Mrs.Miss Wilcox: Teacher --- and so very much more, details are revealed later in the book

Libeary Mery edited the characters of A Northern Light Friday, October 28, 2011.

• Edited the description of Mattie Gokey: Sixteen-year-old girl, desperate for money gets a job at the Glenmore hotel. sheShe has big dreams of being a writer and going to college.
• Edited the description of Pa: Former logger who stayed to work the farm after his wife died.Doesn'tdied. Doesn't want Mattie to go to NY or college. He's also very strict.
• Edited the description of Tommy Hubbard: Neighbor boy, one of 7 children. Tommy is 12 years old, and the son of Emmie Hubbard. They are poor folk who can't afford to pay their taxes and go to neighbor's houses for food. (Tommy and sometimes his sister do this).Becausethis). Because Tommy goes to Mattie's house so often, she thinks of him like a brother.
• Edited the description of Emmie Hubbard: Tommy's mother. A woman who suffers from drink, mental illness, debt and listlessness. She paints pretty pictures on occationoccasion to supplement the income, one of which she gave to Mattie as a birthday present as that was all they had to give. A destitute woman who did as she needed to survive.
• Edited the description of Hubbard Children: Susie, Billy, Myrton,ClaraMyrton, Clara and Lucius. (To name a few). They are the sons and daughters of Emmie Hubbard.
• Edited the description of Weaver's Mamma: Widow. Weaver's mamma moved herself up from Mississippi after Weaver's father was killed right in front of them by three white men for no other reason than not moving off the sidewalk when they passed. She took in washing, raised chickens and "fried up 4 or 5 every evening, and biscuits and pies, too and took it all down to eagle bay railroad station the next day in her cart to meet the trains." She saves up eveyevery penny for Weaver's college.
• Edited the description of Weaver Smith: MattiesMattie's best friend. Mattie and Weaver have "word" duels, studied for the Board of Regents exam together and took the test together. Weaver has a scholarship to Columbia University in NYC that his mother saved every penny she had to get him there. "Weaver was the only black boy in Eagle Bay.....Maybe in all the North Woods. I had never seen another." "He was the first freeborn boy in his family. His grandparents were slaves, and even his parents were born slaves, though Mr. Lincoln freed them when they were tiny children." Weaver is very intellegentintelligent and wants Mattie to go to NYC too...to college.
• Edited a character: MrsMrs. Wilcox: Teacher --- and so very much more, details are revealed later in the book

Melina Rosa edited the characters of A Northern Light Wednesday, October 26, 2011.

• Edited the description of Mattie Gokey: (aka Matt, aka Mathilda) Mattie isSixteen-year-old girl, desperate for money gets a job at the main character in the book. Aspiring author, loves to read the Classics (althoughGlenmore hotel. she is not ahas big fandreams of Milton), 16 yrs old.being a writer and going to college.

edited the characters of A Northern Light Wednesday, September 14, 2011.

• Edited the description of Emmie Hubbard: Tommy's mother. A woman who suffers from drink, mental illness, debt and listlessness. She paints pretty pictures on occation to supplement the income, one of which she gave to Mattie as a birthday present as that was all thethey had to give. A desitutedestitute woman who did as she needed to survive.
• Edited the description of Weaver's Mamma: Widow "Weaver's moammaWidow. Weaver's mamma moved herself up from Mississippi after Weaver's father was killed right in front of them by three white men for no other reason than not moving off the sidewalk when they passed"passed. She took in washing, raised chickens and "fried up 4 or 5 every evening, and biscuits and pies, too and took it all down to eagle bay railroad station the next day in her cart to meet the trains."She savetrains." She saves up evey penny for Weaver's collage.college.
• Edited the description of Weaver Smith: Matties best friend. Mattie and Weaver have "word" duels, studied for the Board of Regents exam together and took the test together. Weaver has a scholarship to Columbia University Inin NYC that his mother saved every penny she had to get him there. "Weaver was the only black boy in Eagle Bay.....Maybe in all the North Woods. I had never seen another." "He was the first freeborn boy in his family. His grandparents were slaves, and even his parents were born slaves, though Mr. Lincoln freed them when they were tiny children"Weaverchildren." Weaver is very intellegent and wants Mattie to go to NYC too...to collage.college.

edited the characters of A Northern Light Wednesday, September 14, 2011.

• Edited the description of Mattie Gokey: (aka Matt, aka Mathilda) Mattie is the main character in the book. Protaginist.aka Matt, aka Mathilda; aspiringAspiring author, loves to read the Classics,Classics (although she is not a big fan of Milton), 16 yrs old.
• Edited the description of Pa: Former logger who stayed to work the farm after his wife died.Doesn't want Mattie to go to NY or collage.college. He's also very strict.
• Edited the description of Barney the Dog: The Gokey family's old blind hunting dog who has excess gas. (Especiallygas (especially when he drinks milk).

M.S edited the characters of A Northern Light Monday, September 5, 2011.

• Edited the description of Weaver's Mamma: Widow "Weaver's moamma moved herself up from Mississippi after Weaver's father was killed right in front of them by three white men for no other reason than not moving off the sidewalk when they passed" She took in washing, raised chickens and "fried up 4 or 5 every evening, and biscuits and pies, too and took it all down to eagle bay railroad station the next day in her cart to meet the trains"trains."She save up evey penny for Weaver's collage.