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Plot Summary of Strider
"Leigh Botts is a nice boy who has experience many changes throughout his life. His parents got divorced a few years ago. He and his mother had to move to a new an ugly looking apartment. His mother worked real hard so that he could go to college. His life was boring but it changed when he and his friend Barry found a dog, they named him Strider. They were both truly happy, but there was only one problem, who was going to keep the dog? Since they both found him the decided to have a joint custody.

They finally agreed on that but there was another problem the owner of the apartment Leigh and his mom rented wouldn't let them have the dog living in the apartment. Leigh finally convinced the landlord to let them keep the dog. Everything went ok until Barry and Leigh started fighting over the dog's custody.

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ana, Resident Scholar

"Leigh Botts's parents got divorced a few years ago. He and his mother had to move to a new an ugly looking apartment. His mother worked real hard so that he could go to college. His life was boring but it changed when he and his friend Barry found a dog, they named him Strider. They were both truly happy, but there was only one problem, who was going to keep the dog? Since they both found him the decided to have a joint custody.

They finally agreed on that but there was another problem: the owner of the apartment Leigh and his mom rented wouldn't let them have the dog living in the apartment. Leigh finally convinced the landlord to let them keep the dog. Everything went well until Barry and Leigh started fighting over the dog's custody.
"

Kendra, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Strider
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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Animal story Yes
Kind of animal: - dog
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14

Main Character
Gender - Male - Female
Profession/status: - student - scholar
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 - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - student - scholar
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
City? Yes
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Unusual Style: - written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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