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Plot Summary of No Coins Please
"When eleven-year-old prodigy Artie Geller joins a group of six campers on a tour across the U.S.A., he uses the tour and his scheming mind to make incredible sums of money in every state his group visits. In New York, Artie earns hundreds of dollars selling jars of "attack jelly". In Washington D.C., he starts a gambling ring which cleans out the wallets of senators and congressmen. In Colorado, an abandoned pretzel factory provides the perfect location for a one-night exclusive disco that nets Artie a fortune. But when Artie's tour group lands in Las Vegas, his money-making schemes may have finally gone too far when he finds himself on the run from the F.B.I! "
Michael Jung, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Life of a profession: - businessman, small
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 7-10
Job/Profession/Status story Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - small businessman
Age: - a kid
Ethnicity/Nationality - Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - Deep South

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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