Sylvie West is the main character of the book, Kiss.
Appearance[]
Characteristics[]
Sylvie is small for her age and skinny; it makes her look more childlike for her age, more like 11 than 13 (almost 14)[1]. She has long straight hair usually worn in plaits, fair skin that has a few teenage spots, and blue eyes.
Attire[]
Sylvie usually wears jeans with plain t shirts and at times her mum's woolly black jumper. For school she wears a green school sweatshirt, white shirt, tie, grey skirt and black shoes.
Personality[]
Sylvie is kind and thoughtful of others, particularly her best friend, Carl. She generally gets on well with most people, but hates being talked down to, which many people do due to her small size. She hates being small for her age, and wishes she looked more like other girls her age, particularly Miranda Holbein. Sylvie is also very smart, imaginative, and creative, coming top in most lessons at school and co writing a book series with Carl.
Trivia[]
- Sylvie and Carl have a book they've been writing together since they were younger, called Glassworld.
- Miranda likened it to Glasstown, written by the Brontë sisters.
- Sylvie started her period around three quarters into Kiss.
- She mentioned she had sanitary pads in a box on top of her wardrobe that had laid untouched for nearly two years.
- She disliked wearing the pads, likening it to feeling like wearing a nappy.
- Sylvie shared the same surname as Andrea "Andy" West from the book The Suitcase Kid.
References[]
- ↑ Sylvie's mother mentioned at the beginning that Sylvie is 13, Carl turns 14 in Kiss, and Sylvie mentions she is two months younger than Carl.