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The Girl Who Invented Romance
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Plot Summary of The Girl Who Invented Romance
"Sixteen-year-old Kelly Williams is starting to wonder if she'll ever find true romance like her parents have or like her brother has. Her father is always bringing her mother presents, and her brother is madly in love with a girl who seems to love him back. But then everything starts to fall apart. Her brothers girlfriend leaves him, her father and mother start fighting over a high school reunion, and even her best friend is getting heartbroken-over someone she never had.
That's when Kelly decides to make a board game for a school project. She calls it Romance."

SM Tate, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Girl Who Invented Romance
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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
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
Loving/sexing? - guy chasing

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 (a little)
United States Yes
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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