A Bridge To Wisemans Cove by James Moloney (1996) is a book about a 15 year old boy named Carl Matt who doesn’t exactly know where he is going in life as he fights to fit in. Moloney has positioned the reader to see Carl as an outsider through the use of his family and body weight. Moloney has also constructed Carl as an unhappy and isolated character. Through Moloney’s character construction of Carl Matt the reader is positioned to see him as an outsider that is not happy with the life he is living.

Moloney places Carl in some uncomfortable situations that encourages the reader to see him as an outsider. He has constructed Carl as a lonely character as his family is falling apart, with his mum leaving, Sarah gone and his dad who walked