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Plot Summary of Little, Big
"Little, Big is a story of six generations living in Edgewood. Edgewood is a place that is on no map and has a house containing magical secrets of its residents past and present. The story goes back and forth between many characters and tells the "Tale" of the family. There are fairies causing mischief and a deck of tarot cards predicting the family's future. Crowley's writing is exceptional and the story moves along easy making the reader eager to put the scattered pieces together."
Kristy Pastore, Resident Scholar



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Plot

Composition of Book
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%




FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror story? Yes
Horror plotlets - the haunted house chased me!
Family relations Yes

Main Character
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can talk to animals - can see into the future - Invisibility - can read emotions
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - wild

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being
Age: - long-lived adults
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can talk to animals - can see into the future
Eccentric: Yes - wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings

Setting
Terrain - Forests
Earth setting: - during "Tolkien" (fairytime) times
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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