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Plot Summary of Serpent's Gift - Starbridge 4
"Book 4 of StarBridge. The Starbridge Academy is in trouble. Ron Gable, Kkintha ch'aait, Dr. Blanket, and Esteemed Ssoriszs have two problems. Their power source may be turning the school into a time bomb, and the school is having money problems. To top it off, an archaeological site has been discovered, and it may be the Lost Mizari colony. "
Ed Phillips, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Serpent's Gift - Starbridge 4
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - power source
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - musician
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Terrain - Asteroid
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - inhabited by friendly aliens
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
scientific jargon? (SF only) - an average amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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