Protagonist in A Friend Like Henery

A friend like henry has one main protagonist, Dale a boy with a severe case of autism his carachteristics are:

'limitless supply of energy' This really affected the parents of Dale because on streets dale would have full on tantrums and never run out of enery for them

Dale had an obsession with Thomas the Tank Engine, Thomas and his friends learned dale about all kinds of things: colours, feeling, facial expressions and also a love for tranportation 'Dale predictably adopted Thomas as his new obsession',

In the begining of the book dale was not too effectionate at all and had no feeling forhtose around him at all but as the book went on he slowly learned about what people went through and he had never learned the meaning of love until a dog was introduced to him called Henery, from henery he learned the meaning of love: 'Mommy, Dale loves you' I ran around the isle where Jamie was staring at our wee lad in amazment and knelt down, arms wide open in delight 'Dale come here' I shouted back ' I want a hug, I love you too'

Dale was a tall boy, when he was 13 he was in the grade with 11 year olds but because of his autism he wasnt as smart so he was with the younger kids but he fully fitted in because he was on the same side on a maturity scale as the kids 2 years younger than him. He also had dark hair with blue beautiful eyes

What is the Journey in you book so far ?

The Journey in my book; A Friend Like Henry. I really like this book because I can really relate to the journey of the book. This book is about a little boy named Dale who acts really strangely. His mother Nuala Gardner is concerned about her little boy and she sees many doctors and they all say he is to young to see what is wrong with him. The Journey in the first three chapters that I have read is quite sad because the mother is so scared there is something wrong with her child.

'This, and his limitless supply of energy, became one of our biggest challenges. He would run constantly, both in the and outside, but not at all like any other energetic youngster. His running was repetitive, almost ritualistic and without purpose. He would charge across the room, bounce himself off the wall to gain momentum and race back again - droning continuously, sometimes in a happy tone, sometimes anxious.'

I think this passage shows really well that Dale isn't your normal child, his parents are concerned about him.