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Plot Summary of Hangman's Curse
"In the Hangmans Curse, a family of investigators tries to find out why there are high school students going crazy and eventually going comatose. What they find out is that a curse is being out on enemies of high school witches. The curse entails a ghost scaring and making the victim go mad and having to be put in the hospital. A stop is put to this incident by the selected family. "
Ryan Grundy, Resident Scholar

"A family of investigators are sent to Eastern Washington to uncover the truth to what is happening in this school. Students, and a few teachers, believe a ghost is harming them."
Ericka "Shorti" S., Resident Scholar

"A family of Christian investigators seek the truths behind the myth of a ghost haunting a high school. The children, twin brother and sister, enroll in the school and befreind many different people, gathering clues and truths. Meanwhile, several teens go crazy and eventually die from a mysterious illness supposed to be related to the ghost. The teens and their parents do find out the real culprit, but only after a few false ideas and a few deaths. "
R Ford, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Hangman's Curse
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 23.3%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 16.7%




Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror Story? Yes
Horror plotlets - the ghost chased me!

Main Character
Gender - Male
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
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
Profession/status: - killer
Eccentric: Yes
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Pacific NW
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - dumb rednecks, like Gomer Pyle

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 2
Unusual forms of death - poisoning
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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SCHOLARS:
R Ford  Nadine  Ryan Grundy  


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