Dicey's Song
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Plot Summary of Dicey's Song

"After their mentally ill mother abandoned them, Dicey Tillerman and her brothers and sister have found their way to their poverty-stricken grandmother's farm. Dicey struggles with responsibility for her younger siblings, fitting in at her new school, making friends, and working a part-time job. The mother eventually dies in a mental hospital and Dicey has to learn how to let go.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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librarylady, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Dicey's Song

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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - struggling to earn a living to survive
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14
Loss of... - mother
Parents/lack of parents problem? - Momma gone

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 (a good amount)
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes
City: - Boston
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting - moving train

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog

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