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Plot Summary of Fever
"A scientist is about to lose his daughter to a rare form of cancer (his wife died from it). So he takes her from the hospital without their approval and with everyone fighting against him, he finds a cure. She developed the cancer becauce the recycle company is illegally dumping benzine (cancer causing agent) in the pond that the girl plays by."
Debbie Russell, Resident Scholar

"Charles Martel is a brilliant cancer researcher who discovers his own beloved daughter is a victim of leukemia, the same cancer that killed his wife. To make the situation worse the cause of her cancer relates back to a chemical conspiracy. He risks his career and essentially his life as he tries to correct the wrongs done, and save his daughter's life. He attempts to create a cure to save her life, but only time will tell if is shall work. "
Elizabeth Butt, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Fever
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Plot

Composition of Book
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 15%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - very upbeat - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Medical Thriller Yes
Medical Plotlets: - poisoning - cure/disease
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - scientist
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Genius (really!)
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male - an organization
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - scientist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount - throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - big business leader(s)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters - Genius
Physique - average physique

Setting
City? Yes
Misc setting - scientific labs

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 0 (not a murder mystery) - 2
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - biology/medical
Unusual forms of death - biohazard/virus
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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