Summer reading

The white darkness is a book written by Geraldine McCaughrean.  The major characters in the story are Sym, Uncle Victor, Titus. Sym is a 14 year old girl. She is a very shy girl, who has an imaginary friend called –Titus. She wants to visit Antarctica because she loves Titus. Titus's real name is Lawrence Oates. He was the captain of Scott's expedition to Antarctica.Uncle victor is very nice to Sym and has helped her and her mother when her father died. He wants to visit Antarctica like Sym. The story starts in England. It takes place in 2002. I know that the story takes place on 2002 because the story starts with a line which says, “I have been in love with Titus Oates for quite a while now- which is ridiculous, he has died for ninety year”. This shows that the story takes place in 2002 as Titus Oates died in 1912. I know that this story takes place in England because they talk about the Waterloo station which is in England. The conflict in the story is person to self. Sym is mad at herself because she is different from her friends and also because she told her friends about her imaginary friend “Titus”.

Question that I have in my mind is: why does she have an imaginary friend and why is it Titus?

My prediction is that Sym and her uncle are both going to visit Antarctica as they both want to visit Antarctica.