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Plot Summary of The Other Side of the Dark
"Stacy wakes up after a four year long coma from a gunshot wound delivered by a man who killed her mother. Now that she's up and around, Stacy knows that she is the only one who can identify the murderer. Although she is still trying to adjust to a new world, friends who have grown up, a married sister, and life without a mother, Stacy must find her mother's killer, before he decides to silence her permanently."
Liba, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of The Other Side of the Dark
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Misc. Murder Plotlets - solving long-past murder
Kind of investigator - amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Main Adversary
Identity: - none
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
The antagonists are: - Drug kingpins
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Texas

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
How many deaths? - 1
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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Joan Lowery Nixon Resident Scholar Profiles

TOP SCHOLAR:
  
Nicole  

SCHOLARS:
Kathleen  Liba  


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