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Plot Summary of Password to Larkspur Lane
"Nancy Drew is once again swept into mystery, when a homing pigeon crashes in her garden. A strange message attached to the birds leg leads Nancy and her friends on a dangerous mission. Somewhere an elderly woman is being held prisoner in a mansion. While working on the case, Nancy's friend Helen Archer begs her to solve a weird mystery. Helen's grandparents are frightened by a spinning blue light that appears at their home on Sylvan Lake.Could these mysteries be conncected? Follow Nancy on this absorbing and exciting mystery."
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Review Analysis of Password to Larkspur Lane
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - 1930's-1950's
Kid or adult book? - Ages 7-14
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - escape/rescue from kidnappers
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - private investigator
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure

Setting
United States Yes

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 0 (not a murder mystery)
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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