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Plot Summary of The Wee Time Traveler
"This book is the story of Lara Myers who wants to reunite her divorced parents. Her father is a scientist and one of his friends makes a time machine. Lara tries to change the past then ends up in the far future where she meets the Eloi and Morlocks and encounters the Eloi liberation front. The Morlocks breed giant monster insects to control society and a key part of the book is a battle involving the giant mantis. Lara is battling to save not just herself, but the future of mankind...."
Alexander Hawksville, Resident Scholar




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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




Tone of book - humorous or laughable
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Time Travel: - largely forwards/future
Adversaries are… - giant monsters
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes
GIANT monster(s) Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - scholar
Eccentric: Yes - wild
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an entire race
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - scientist
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Genius (really!)
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Setting
Terrain - Domed/Underground City
Earth setting: - general past - near future (later in 21st century) - distant future
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a moderate amount of scientific explanation
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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