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Plot Summary of Numbering All the Bones
"It is a story about a 13 year old slave who is a daughter of her master. Her master is a weak man emotionally and marries women who are abusive to his slaves and manipulates him into doing their whims. "
Miss. Becky the teacher, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 19th century
Political/social activism Yes
Plotlet: - slavery
Inside culture (main char) - Black
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14
Outside culture (society) - American South
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - slave
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality - Black
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - homemaker
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a lot
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
Forest? Yes
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm - lot of descript of crop raising - lot of descript of animal care
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards - a lot of stream of consciousness - written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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Ann Rinaldi Resident Scholar Profiles

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Crystal  

SCHOLARS:
Susan Coffey  Adnamarine  Francesca  Kristee Pittman  alisa  Michael Jung  Joraya Flow  Amanda McClure  Miss. Becky the teacher  


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