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Plot Summary of Children of the Mountain
"Lucy stuggles with the lose of her husband then finds out that he hasn't paid the taxes on their mountain home and after all these years she's about to lose the home she's known for over forty years. This is a story of children fighting over what they think should be theirs, but in the end coming together to save their family home."
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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - struggling to earn a living to survive
Poverty, surviving Yes
Kind of living: - farm poverty - general poverty story
Family, loving relations Yes
Special relationship with - mother
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Something wrong upstairs/downstairs? - searching for identity/meaning

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker
Age: - 60's-90's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - homemaker
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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