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Plot Summary of Dreamland
"Caitlin has a hard family life. Her sister Cass disappeared and her family is falling apart. One night she notices Rogerson Biscoe, and everything changes. Caitlin knows Rogerson is a drug dealer, but he makes her forget her problems.

Caitlin gives up her friends for Rogerson because he gets mad when she's with them. She starts using drugs with his friends, and he begins beating her. They have sex, and after that she is afraid to leave him, although in the back of her mind she knows things aren't right.

One day Caitlin's friend convinces her to go out for the day with her. Caitlin tries to call Rogerson so he won't be mad, but she can't get through. When she gets home he is waiting and beats her. A neighbor calls the police and he is arrested. Caitlin's family takes her to a mental hospital to help her get over the trauma and to get her off the drugs."

Rachael High, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Dreamland
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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Wild kid(s)? - druggie culture (& crime)
Loving/sexing? - guy chasing

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
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
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - accused criminal
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed - wild - mentally ill - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 (a little)
United States Yes

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - touching of anatomy
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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