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Plot Summary of Silent Night
"The dad has a bad disease and the kid has a grandfather in WW2 and he wore this medal that saved him. The Medal get stolen, and the kid goes after it and get kidnapped. "
Nick, Resident Scholar

"Well,this book has a veylarge amount of suspense and mystery. A young boy name Brian and a killer named Jimmy are on there way to Canda or atleast Jimmy is, and he wants to get rid of Brian by taking them both on an off ramp. A plice officer spots the Toyota,which is stolen. Then this leads them onto a chase. Jimmy fires the gun , but Brian escapes!!! He is then sent home to his mother, and brother!!!!!"
Corey, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Silent Night
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Composition of Book
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - escape/rescue from kidnappers
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Age: - a kid
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none - a little
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a kid - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - killer
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - is very quick
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles - healthy but a geeky weakling

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - Midwest
City? Yes
City: - New York
Misc setting - prison

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How many deaths? - 0 (not a murder mystery)
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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