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Jennings's source of friendship through the entire book
Who is Doggie On page 163 George asks Jennings why he carries Doggie and one of the things Jennings responds with is how Doggie is real to him and a friend to him
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Jennings bus driver friend who is one of his only sources of friendship through the entire book
Who is Sal On page 123 and 124 Sal and Jennings connect on an emotional and personal level through the orphanages and how they both grew up in them
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Bully at the Home of The Angels
Who is Butch On page 15 Butch is verbally bullying Jennings and Mark
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Place where he meets his best human friend and the place he comes to meet him and feel safe
What is the bus On page 124 it talks about how Jennings sits with Sal on the bus every morning, in my opinion the bus is a symbol of their friendship and how Sal makes Jennings feels safe
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The House keeper friend of the family that he stays with when his mom is sick
Who is Martha On page 134 Jennings meets Martha and he already starts to like and warm up to her
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The family that takes him in and then starved him
Who are the Carpenters On page 45 Mrs.Carpenter goes into a rage, grabbing Jennings and than proceeding to beat him with her fists and a slashing him with a stick
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Jennings comes her after he runs away from home to look for Sal at his new bus driving route, it is a source of safety as he is feeling lost
What is the Brolnx Zoo On page 174 Jennings finds the Zoo and says ¨The zoo! What a wonderful idea!" And then proceeds to say that Doggie likes the idea also. Jennings obviously loves the zoo and sees it as a place to feel safe, he stays there for days.
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First friend he makes in the orphanages that eventually dies of a heart condition
Who is Mark On page 16 Mark and Jennings are talking like friends for the first time and even though they are not allowed to be friends they can tell they will become each others anyway
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The sister that beats him and then he runs away because of her
Who is Sister Barbara On page 91 Jennings takes the blame for the spilled cocoa and then gets dragged across the wooden floor by Sister Barbara giving him many splinters followed by being stuck in a closet for hours
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The friend that he has for only a day but gives him a sense of loss of a friend that helps him get over losses of the future.
Who is Midnight On page 129 Sal is talking to Jennings about the loss of a friend after Midnight and Jennings totally understands
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The woman who left him Doggie when she left for another position in the sisterhood
Who is Sister Claire On page 57 Jennings wakes up with Doggie in his arms and finds Sister Claire's note next to him about treating Doggie with care
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The brother who is his best friend in the beginning but turns to running away from his problems and alcohol
Who is Larry On page 171 Larry runs away because of the feeling of work that his mom gives to him
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The thing that his brothers turn to to get over their problems but does not help very much
What is alcohol On page 125 Jennings is talking to Sal about Geroges heavy drinking and how it is affecting the entire family
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His friend that he only knew for a short time but gives him great advice on life and he played the harmonica
Who is Clarence On pages 242 and 243 Clarence gives him advice on Stacy leaving him and tells him stories on his first love
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The woman who embarrasses him in front of the whole orphanage after he wets the bed
Who is Mrs.Abbott On page 262 after Jennings wets the bed Mrs.Abbott gets mad at him, slaps him and then shows the rest of the children what he did