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Poisoned Press, Oct 2002, 24.95, 219 pp.
ISBN: 1590580338
Around the time of the coronation of Elizabeth I, Soho London is a working class neighborhood. It is a place in which children like seven years old Maggie feels safe and secure. In the way children seem to know more than adults believe possible, Rosie realizes that Uncle Bert and Aunt Maggie are not he real parents. However, when a classmate nastily points out that truism, Rosie becomes frightened that her real mother will take her away from the nurturing adults she loves.
Bert and Maggie love Rosie as if she is their own blood and worry about the same thing that scares their little girl. They hire the local lawyer to write up adoption papers and obtain the signature of the perfumed lady. Rosie feels a lot better to know she is adopted, but that does not stop her biological family from trying to use her as a tool to manipulate the perfumed lady.
The narrator is a seven year old child who provides a fascinating look at the Elizabethan world though at times she seems a bit too mature and wise for her age yet readers genuinely care for her as if she is a real little girl. Pip Granger makes her characters feel like people by having her cast struggle and cope with problems so that the audience obtains a taste of reality in a bygone era that is usually disguised by pomp and glitter.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- 1930's-1950's
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
Crime plotlets:
- vigilante getting revenge
- escape/rescue from kidnappers
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a kid
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
Motive of antagonist
- power
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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