I am reading a book called The She by Carol Plum-Ucci. I am on page 162 out of 280. In the beginning of the book it starts off with Evan Barrett (the main character) as a nine year old boy. He lives by the sea and his family have been sailors for 12 generations. There is a fallacy called the Ella Diablo Agujero which means the she-devil of the hole, but Evan calls it the She. The She "eats" ships when she's hungry. Evan's parents die at sea during a storm, but he blames the She because he can hear a screeching that only a select few can hear. Eight years later Evan returns to his old home for Thanksgiving and he finds out that his parents were accused of being drug mules and selling them in Jamaica. Evan has a hard time believing this because he went to someone who has "magic hands" and he tells Evan that a huge wave was the reason the ship went down. And to top it all off he is starting to remember surpressed memories about his parents and the night they died.
       So far this book has been very good. It has characters that you like and the story is interesting. The author will add something in the story that I didn't expect to happen. My favorite character is Evan. I like him because he's a good person but he's not too good. He has his flaws which makes him seem more real and human. He has an interesting personality. Since he lost his parents he helps out other kids who also lost their parents. He had a nice sense of humor but he is also serious when he needs to be. He looks out for and protects his brother, just like his brother protects him. He's grown a lot from when he was a kid. He got over the superstition of the She and  has grown more responsible and he is mature most of the time. Evan looks out for people he cares about or people who are having difficult things happen to them. Evan is kind of like Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird. Evan is good demonstration of compassion and empathy in this book.
    A quote from this book that I like is "Whatever your problem is, or whatever you want to say, just say it." This quote is important because this whole story is based on this quote. If Edwin  had originally told Evan about the the investigation on his parents by the D.E.A then this story would have never taken place. Evan would have accepted his parents death/disappearance and just gone back to school after Thanksgiving. Another important thing is that it's easier to deal with problems when you know exactly what it is, instead of having to guess.