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Plot Summary of Margin of Error
"Britt Montero is assigned to give on-the-job training to a Hollywood star who is in Miami, filming a movie. A crazed fan stalks the star, and soon Britt is caught up in the cat & mouse game that celebrities have to live with. But is this fan a crazed killer, or is someone else out to end the star's career & possible Britt's too? Suffering from her own problems, Britt must fight for her life, while keeping a level head in the fast paced world of Hollywood & its celebrities."
Joy Gellatly, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Margin of Error
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by killer/stalker

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - journalist
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
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 - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - insanity
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
City? Yes
City: - Miami

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 3-4
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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