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Into the Cold Fire - Daughters of the Moon 2
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Plot Summary of Into the Cold Fire - Daughters of the Moon 2
"Lynne Ewing's DOTM #2 Into the Cold Fire is about a fifteen-year-old girl named Serena Killingsworth who has special mind powers and can read others' thoughts. She gets tricked into liking an evil Follower named Zahi and conducts an escape plan with her friends in case she gets turned into a Follower by Zahi's powerful mind control force. She agrees as part of her plan and steps into the cold fire, therefore resulting in Serena's becoming of a Follower. Her friends, the other Daughters battle her and push her, along with Zahi back in and they become normal again."
Melissa, Resident Scholar

"The story begins with a teen named Serena Killingsworth. She has powers that include telepathy, mind control, and mind reading. In "Into The Cold Fire," Serena is chased by an evil enemy. The story also focuses on her forbidden love for Stanton."
Kaprie , Resident Scholar

"Serena is being targeted by a dark force of the Atrox. Her power to read minds is what they need to turn the Daughters of the Moon into Followers. Jimena has a prediction thar Serena is going to betray the girls, and her predictions have never been wrong before!!"
Stephanie, Resident Scholar

"Serena, a girl who can read minds, see and touches a fire. The fire is cold and she wouldn't be able to if she wasn't a Lecta, a person chosen to stand in the fire and become a follower. She looks for answers and becomes one, but her best friend, Jimena, helps her be herself again."
Lilac, Resident Scholar

"Sirenna is a chosen one by the enemy, the Atrox. She is lecta, which means if she choses the atrox then the power will change to favor evil. Her new boyfriend is actually trying to get her into the cold fire which will change her to be a follower, part of the Atrox. Stanton a major enemy tries to warn her but she wont listen to him because she thinks her boyfriend is good and Stanton is trying to trick her. To see if Sirenna eventually believes Stanton or not you will have to read and find out."
Kayla, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Into the Cold Fire - Daughters of the Moon 2
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Plot

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




Tone of book - sensitive (sigh....)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - falling in love with the enemy
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - good magical powers being hunted by non/weaker magical(s) (fantasy)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - mind reading - mind control - can see into the future - can read emotions
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - student
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind reading - mind control
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

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

Style
Person? - mostly 1st - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialogue? - mostly dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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