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Marcus Jordan is a 16 year old boy that Just moved to a new town in the middle of summer. He was on the football team at his previous school and intended to be on the one in his new school, so he practiced by himself at a park. That shows that he is very disciplined and determined (page one, paragraph three). Out of nowhere, this other figure comes in and starts practicing with Marcus. His name was Charlie, and it looked to be like he was in his mid forties. It turns out he's very good at football. Marcus had no idea who this guy was but in the text it describes Marcus having a very competitive nature (page five, paragraph two). Charlie throws the ball too high and it breaks the window of a car. Charlie ditches the crime scene. Marcus could have just as easily ditched too but decides to leave a note with his phone number so he could pay for it, which shows that he's an honest guy (page 8, paragraph 3). There are several examples of this throughout the story, like when he offered to pay for the ice Charlie just took from the store ( page 28 , paragraph 8).

Charlie Popovich is an around 50 year old ex NFL player who randomly runs into Marcus (who he called Mac) in Three Alarm Park (page 3 paragraph 4). From the beginning you can tell there is something odd about Charlie. You can just tell by the way he acts to situations. Like for example when he broke the window of the exterminator guy, instead of helping Marcus sort things out so they could pay for it, he ran and left Marcus to pay the whole thing by himself (page 8, paragraph 3). Marcus thinks its weird how he acts and googling a few things he finds out that some football players get Alzheimer at an early age, do to so many concussions (page 112 , paragraph 2). So depending on what Charlie sees, he remembers from whats left of his memory. Like when he's with Marcus in Three Alarm Park Charlie thinks it's his high school friend James MacTavish. On page 251 it also mentions he's charismatic and quirky.