Elsa

Elsa is a seven-year-old girl who lives with her mother and visits her father every other weekend. Her Granny is the most important person in her life, teaching her to reach The Land-of-Almost-Awake as a means of dealing with her fears. When Elsa gets in trouble at school, Granny is her strongest ally. Elsa depends heavily on Granny, and she is terribly hurt when her Granny dies of cancer. The relationship between Elsa and her Granny is one of the most important themes of the novel, and Elsa really does not know how she is supposed to go on with her life without Granny.

Elsa is a strong, intelligent young woman with a strong eye for grammar, spelling, and literature. She loves to read. The Harry Potter series is one of her favorites. She also loves comic books and counts them as true literature. She is willing to...