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Plot Summary of Return To Suicide
"During the Grest Depression, a young orphaned girl is left to be raised by an abusive Uncle. She finds solice with a fellow misfit; a young farmhand."
Allison Pollack Alexander, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Poverty, surviving Yes
Kind of living: - general poverty story
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Uncle
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - farmer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
Prairie? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
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