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Would you be brazen enough to throw a brick at your Mom's boyfriend's windshield because that’s what the character in my book did. The main character in my book is a boy named Foster. The name of my book is Fourmile. The author of Fourmile is Watt Key. Foster inspired me because he never gave up, looked on the bright side of things and he was not scared of anything. Foster is a thirteen year old and only lives with his mom. He wears jeans and plain t shirts all the time because he is always working on the farm. He I'm assuming he is somewhere around 5,7 and has a medium build so he is not buff but not scrawny. He has light brown hair that shines in the sun. He has light brown eyes that almost match his hair color. Foster is a genius kid when it comes to working around the house, mechanics and building. He is also very courageous, because he always sticks up for himself and his mom, when her boyfriend is around. He is also brazen, because he will do something to someone if they are being selfish, mean or hurtful like when he threw a brick at his mom's boyfriends windshield because he was being selfish. He is also very helpful, …show more content…

Foster and Gary went to Dax’s house so Gary could beat up Dax. Dax is Foster's mom ex boyfriend that killed Fosters dog. Gary is a very good friend of Foster and is a former Marine. Foster met Gary when Gary was walking from one state to another then Gary asked Foster for water from there house. Gary stayed in their barn to work for minimum wage. Dax was very disrespectful to Foster’s mom and started to shove her around and was not nice or respectful to Foster so that's why she broke up with him. When Gary came running around the corner of the house was holding his arm because Dax cut his right arm with a knife so he couldn’t use the stick shift so Foster had to do it and he did it

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