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| Plot Summary of Tex |
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"The book opens with Tex McCormack who is a happy go lucky fourteen year old who loves horses, his brother Mace, living in a small town and Jamie the girl next door. Tex is growing up mostly with Mace in a small country home. Their mother died years before and their father goes off for months at a time leaving Mace, a senior and a star basketball player and Tex at home. At the start of the book Tex comes home to find the two brothers horses sold, Negrito Tex's horse was always more of a human friend to Tex, so he is sad. However Mason had to sell the horses to guarantee Tex and himself would have enough to eat over the winter. This action by Mason, sets Tex against his brother most of the book.
But the brothers McCormack aren't alone. Living in the significantly larger ranch house next door(about a half a mile) are the Collins's, the family includes Mason's best friend Bob, Tex's best friend Johnny and the younger sister who Tex loves, Jamie. The Collins's however are forbidden to see Mace and Tex because the patriarch of the Collins family, Cole thinks they are a bad influence.
After a turn of events involving Tex and Mason's father, Tex runs away to the city with a family friend and eventually learns that just living life and staying with his brother is the best thing for him. "
Holly McBride, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Tex |
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Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- 1960's-1970's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Animal story
Yes
Kind of animal:
- horse
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- high school
Wild kid(s)?
- runaway!
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 (an average amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
- lot of descript of animal care
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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