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Say Good-Bye - Wild at Heart 5
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Plot Summary of Say Good-Bye - Wild at Heart 5
"Yum-Yum is an amazing therapy dog. He visits cancer patients at the children's hospital and cheers them up with his tricks. But Dr. Mac has just found a tumor in his mouth and wants to do a biopsy. Cancer? It just can't be! Who will cheer up the kids at the hospital if Yum-Yum has to say good-bye? "
Ruth Miller, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Animal story Yes
Kind of animal: - dog
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 7-10

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 9 ()
City? Yes
City: - wealthy

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