Characters
Plot/Story Line
Themes
100
The main girl who feels different and ignores her identity
Who is Anya?
100
How did Anya find the ghost
What is the well?
100
Anya's insecurities about her body and weight relate to this theme
What is body image?
200
This girl was stuck in a well for 90 years.
Who is Emily (the ghost)
?
200
This object allows Emily to follow Anya home.
What is Emily's (ghost) finger bone?
200
This theme is explored through Anya's struggles to balance her Russian heritage with her American life
What is cultural identity?
300
This girl is Anya's friend, who is very honest and tough.
Who is Siobhan?
300
Emily (the ghost) helps Anya at school by...?
helping her cheat on a test she didn't study for
300
This theme is highlighted by Anya's desperation to fit in at school.
What is "Fitting in"?
400
The other Russian kid in school who's smart but is bullied by the other students
Who is Dima?
400
This is what Anya finds at the bottom of the well, besides Emily's ghost
What is a human skeleton?
400
This theme is about Anya trying to hide parts of her life, like her Russian family or the food her mom makes
Hiding who you are / Trying to change yourself for others
500
The boy who Anya has a crush on, and "waved" at her in the beginning of the story
Who is Sean?
500
The reason Anya skips school on the day she falls into the well.
What is to avoid a test or smoke with a friend?
500
This theme is about Anya wanting a friend and how that makes her act when she meets Emily.
Friendship / Wanting a friend