The Holly Wreath Man

The Holly Wreath Man by Christopher Scanlan and Katharine Fair
Characters
◦ Main:
▪ Eben Henderson - Jeff's grandfather, also known as Pop, The Holly Wreath Man.
▪ Jeff Henderson – Will andKatie's father and Rachel's husband.
◦ Secondary:
▪ Allie Henderson – Jeff's mother.
▪ Fred – The man that was going to marry Allie.
▪ John Turner – Labor department investigator.
▪ Will – Jeff andRachel's son and Katie's brother.
▪ Katie – Jeff and Rachael's daughter and Will sister
▪ Raymond Metcalf – Regional director of the wage and hour division office
▪ Peter Doyle – chronicle worker▪ Paul Harvey – staccato delivery of radio commenter
▪ Hank Pritchard – turns downstate in to subdivisions
▪ John Beresford Tipton – he was on the episode of the millionaire
▪ Michael Anthony –delivers to the rich people
▪ Bill – a retired man
▪ Arnold Shackman – he wrote the name down
▪ Olivia Coffin – a heavyset woman in her eighties
◦ Reference:
▪ Mrs. Waite – wreath maker
▪ theBittinhams – neighbors of Tennyson
▪ Policeman – helped Jeff and Rachel get out of the house.
▪ Joe – a foreman
Conflict
Jeff and his children and wife – The children were lost.
Jeff and RandallPaterson – Randall wanted to do something that Pop couldn't.
Pop and modern times – Pop didn't understand that people don't want the real wreath.



Vocabulary
• Wreath – a ring or circle of flowers,boughs or leaves worn on the head, placed on a memorial or hang as a decoration.
• Holly – the foliage and berries, used for decoration, specially during the Christmas season.
• Dawdle - to moveslowly, languidly, or dilatorily; saunter.
• Ramshackle – badly constructed or maintained.
• Bough – a tree branch, especially a large or main branch.
• Hunker – to squat or crouch.
• Croup – anycondition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
• Spittoon – a bowl shaped, usually metal vessels often with a funnel shaped cover, into which tabaco...