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"What would you do if you held death in your hand? Who would you kill, if anyone? And what if you had, inadvertantly used this power to kill your family? Carl Streator is holding death, and he's not quite sure how to handle it. After accidentily killing his family with the mysterious culling song, Carl goes on a crusade to find and destroy every copy ever printed. He joins up with Helen Hoover Boyle, a real estate agent who sells haunted houses, her secretary Mona Sabbat, a Wiccan with a purpose, and Mona's angst-ridden boyfriend, Oyster. Lullaby is eerie and questioning... "
Colleen, Resident Scholar
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"Lullabye is quite simply about the power of sound. Investigative reporter Carl Streator discovers a poem out of Africa that has the power to make you sleep...forever. This culling song as it is called is in a children's book and now Streator must race to try and destroy all copies before it falls into the wrong hands."
Joseph Demarco, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 25%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 15%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%
Tone of book
- cynical or dry-wit
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- fantasy story on current Earth
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
Horror story?
Yes
Horror plotlets
- the inanimate object chased me!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Has magical/special powers?
Yes
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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