Ava from “Ava Wrestles the Alligator”

Ava is the 12-year-old narrator of "Ava Wrestles the Alligator." She and her sister, Ossie, are abandoned in their family's gator-themed park, Swamplandia!, for the summer while their father goes to the Mainland. Ava takes care of the gators and cleans the equipment while her father is away, but she is frightened of feeding the gators live birds. Ava's mother passed away years ago, and her sister is possessed by a demon called Luscious. Ava feels very alone in the world, but she loves her sister and tries her best to keep track of Ossie, who is always running off through the swamp because of Luscious. Ava is attacked by the gypsy Bird Man and possibly assaulted by him. She has no one to tell except the ghost of her mother through a Ouija board that does not work properly. When Ossie writes...