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Plot Summary of Secret Scroll - Daughters of the Moon 4
"When the dead body of Catty's long-lost mother is discovered in possession of a test Catty hasn't yet taken and a very tarnished pendant, Catty knows there was something special about her mother. She also knows, by the mysterious men that show up when her adopted mother takes her to identify the body, that someone else wants to keep those secrets hidden. So Catty travels back in time--her power as a Daughter of the Moon--to see what really happened all those years ago when her mother abandoned her on a lonely desert road."
Sarrah, Resident Scholar

"Catty, a girl with the power to travel through time, discovers the secrets of her mysterious past. "
Justine, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Secret Scroll - Daughters of the Moon 4
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 15%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 15%




Tone of book - depressing/sad - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Time Travel: - largely backwards/past
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - finding a killer (criminal)
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - coping with mental/magical powers
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes
Family relations Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - servant
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - mind reading - mind control - can see into the future - Invisibility - can read emotions - is very quick
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Terrain - Desert
Earth setting: - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog - little dialog
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