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Plot Summary of Shadowland
"Susannah Simon is a 16 years old girl who has an unusual ability: she can see dead people and talk to them. The books begins with her moving from New York to Northern California because her mother had remarried a guy who lived there. So Susannah has to adjust to her new family (including 3 stepbrothers), a new school, and a very cute ghost guy who lives in her room.
In school she has convince an angry ghost of a girl to go to the other side and keep her from hurting anyone especially her former boyfriend.
"

Anastasya, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Shadowland
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




Tone of book - humorous or laughable
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror story? Yes
Horror plotlets - the ghost chased me!

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Has magical/special powers? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Earth setting: - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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