Summary Of Midwinterblood By Marcus Sedgwick

In Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick you may feel like you are reading one person’s life story, because many things pull repeat throughout the stories. Examples would include the rabbit, the island, the name Eric and Merle, and how they always find each other. In the first story Eric was crushing on Merle. In the second Eric was Merle's son. In the third Eric saves David, Merle's dad, and she feels grateful. Lastly in the fourth Eric is an old man and Merle is a curious seven year old girl. “It was as if Eric was the child and Merle the adult; his talk was fun, light, silly, and hers was, too, at times but scattered in her foolishness would be unexpected words of deep maturity, as if she were old beyond her years”(157-8). In every story they