Son of a Trickster

by

Eden Robinson

Mavis Moody Character Analysis

Mavis is Jared’s aunt and Maggie’s older sister. Jared doesn’t know Mavis exists until he is 16, when his mom tells him that Mavis ran away from home. At the end of the book, Jared’s mom reveals that the reason she married Phil is because Mavis thought she couldn’t handle raising a baby alone at 16 years old.
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Mavis Moody Character Timeline in Son of a Trickster

The timeline below shows where the character Mavis Moody appears in Son of a Trickster. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 28
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...Jared’s mom’s sister. Nana Sophia sends him a link to an article that his aunt Mavis wrote—Mavis is a writer and published an essay about searching for Jared’s mom during one... (full context)
Chapter 36
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...she told Phil that Jared wasn’t his son, but he didn’t believe her. Her sister Mavis told Jared’s mom that she was unfit to raise a child without a husband, and... (full context)