Name: Coralie
Book: Spud & Charli
Question: Overcoming obstacles is a theme in the book. What challenges does Charli face and does it allow her to develop as a person?

In the story Spud & Charli, Charli over comes her fears a lot of times she over comes her fear of raiding a horse. Theres a bit of drama tthat goes on in the story. Charli over comes her fear of raiding horse by her teacher saying that she’s not going to fall off the horse. Then she actually got on the horse and she didn’t find it bad. She also had a fear of the bats she was scared that they were going to bit her but when Spud was outside and there was bats everywhere, she was brave enough to go and get Spud. Charli overcame all of her fears by been brave and by getting over it.

In my opinion the book is very interesting but when it gets to the end it’s really boring because it’s just like that she goes home and that she couldn’t race Spud. But i liked most of the book, like the start of the book and the middle of the book. A bit of the book made my cry like when she said that Spud might have the virus and that Mr Shearer might kill him. I got mad when Mikalela lied to Charli about what was happening. She also lied about that Mr Shearer about burying the horses.

As you can see Charli over comes her fears with her friends. In the story she was kind, caring, helpful and loving everyone. Like in the story Charli trust Makaela with what she said. She over came her fears of jumping the thing with her horse with Alice. Charli over came a lot of fear when she was camp she also made lots of friends and now she’s a brave girl.