In my book the main character is Cole. Cole was a stuck up brat who bullied people in his school. One time he almost even killed someone named Peter. Cole was 12 when he beat up Peter and its only been about 1 maybe 2. He had no friends because of his personality, but he knew no other way. His dad would beat him whenever he did anything bad. His dad beat him till “His shirt couldn’t hide all the bruises”. That was one big problem…… Further in the story near the end Cole changed… he became better….. Peter and Cole at the end became fiends. The characters personality affected the development of the plot because if Cole didn’t get sent to the island and if he didn’t beat up Peter he would have never changed. The reason why the story ended why it did was because of Peter, Peter realized that Cole really did change and was trying not to do anything wrong. It wasn’t Peters fault but he still decided to forgive Cole. Cole worked hard and did have luck as well. I think that’s how it exsposed to be. Hard work with little luck. I would recommend this book to older kids.