Milo's Wolves- first post

I have read to page 62 in the book Milo's Wolves by Jenny Nimmo. The book is about a family who is quite poor. The parents Mary and Milo tells their kids Laura, Polly and Andy one day that they have a long-lost brother. His name is Gwendal. What I know so far about this boy is that he comes from a clinic and he was very sick. What illness he had I haven't found out yet. He is also a "genius" and an "angel". Many wierd thing happens around him, one thing is that a strange man with a grey fedora follows Gwendal. The man says that he wants him.

Gwendal is quite mysterious. Yet, I haven't really found out who he is, just that he is a boy. It feels like he doesn't even know who he is himself. He is trying to fit in to this new family.

Gwendal is smart and caring. He is acctually building a robot all by himself. I noticed that he is caring when Pollys jacket got destroyed with alot of holes in it. Then he suggested that Polly should make more holes in it to make it look good to cheer her up. This also shows that Gwendal has a eye for fashion!

The main charachter in this novel is Gwendal but you're following Lauras thoughts and she tells about what happens. At first, when Laura heard about that she had another brother that was moving in with them, she was very skeptical. She didn't really know how to get used to be having a brother that just pops up like that. But as she gets to know Gwendal better she starts to see him as a brother. Milo and Mary tells Laura, Polly and Andy that it's their real son. Laura can see that Milo is lying because his eyes turns green. In that way Laura is special. As fast as Milo says something, Laura can see if he is lying or not just by looking at his eyes.

Laura starts to cry very easily, as fast as she open her mouth she starts to cry. Okay, she doesn't cry that much but in hard situations she cries. For example, when she, Polly and Gwendal was in the park one day they saw the man with the grey fedora. Laura and Gwendal started to go away but Polly was helping an injured bird. Then suddenly Laura starts to cry just because the man was getting closer and Polly didn't move from her position. She didn't even know the man, he was actually very nice. He helped Polly with the bird. That Laura cries often shows that she is weak. It makes the story annoying but at the same time nice. Usually in these kind of stories, the persons are always brave so I think it's good that Laura really show her feelings.

Andy is the oldest brother and the joker in the family. Always when they have serious conversations Andy puts in a humorous comment. Andy is crazy about hit two rats, Snow and Flake, but they are often running away so Andy has to chase them all around the house. Andy is also very gentle and nice. I noticed that when he offered Polly to have Snow and Flake in her room when she was sad. Andy loves his rats so it was very nice of him to let his sister borrow them.

Andy doesn't talk much with Gwendal. It seems like he has a hard time accepting him but at the same time he respects him.

Polly is a sweet girl. She loves animals and put a lot of efford to help them. For example, when the familys rabbit ran away Polly was devastated so she ran after him. Another example is when she helped the injured bird in the park. Polly is also not so good at listening. It happens the most when Polly is playing with the animals, then she is in her own little world.

Milo has many secrets that he hides by lying. When he is telling something he distorts the truth. I think he's doing it too protect his family.

Mary cares about her family, but I think she has problems seperate right from wrong. I notice that she doesn't wants to keep all this secrets from Laura, Polly and Andy, but she feels that she has to. It feels like Milo stops her from telling the truth...

// Anonymous