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Plot Summary of Wildside
"Carlie Newell is your average slightly-overweight teenage boy, thinking about his future. He wants to please his parents - easy for Mom, almost impossible for Dad. His friends are getting ready to go off to college, thinking about getting married, better jobs, all average teenager stuff.
Oh, Charlie has inherited an inter-dimensional doorway that leads to an uninhabited Earth. Charlie has big plans for the summer. It involves Passenger Pigeons and mining for gold in the untouched Rocky Mountains. There is only one problem. The government has found out about Charlie's doorway."

Topaz, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Wildside
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Plotlets: - dimension travel - exploring a wondrous planet or phenomena
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Family relations Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - student
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
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
Profession/status: - government investigator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount

Setting
Terrain - Mountains - Forests
Earth setting: - dinosaur times - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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