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Plot Summary of Bailey's Pond
"Chris and Em are faced with an unimaginable horror. To save their five year old daughter Kat, they have to discover how to destroy the worst evil ever faced by mankind. With the help of two old friends, Jared and Carrie, they set out to defeat the evil that threatens to destroy their lives and the lives of everyone in the area; perhaps even the entire world.

When they discover the pond in which the entity has been incubating for the last twenty-five years, they quickly realize that the only way to completely rid the world of this evil is to destroy the pond.

Jared hires two men who he knows to be proficient with explosives. But when they attempt to blow up the pond, they make the horrifying discovery of the womblike sac that has held its 'master' through years of incubation. "

Mickey Stroda, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of Bailey's Pond
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror Story? Yes
Horror plotlets - the monster chased me!

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
Monster of some sort? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - actual description of sex
Unusual forms of death - drowned
Is this an e-book? Yes
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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