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Plot Summary of The Silhouette Dance
"Debra, the protagonist discovers family secrets that causes her to question the identity of her father, and unravel a well kept secert concerning her wicked stepmother. Throughout the process of discovering the secrets Debra begins to question the reason for her being."
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Review Analysis of The Silhouette Dance
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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Step Parent(s)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Kind of business - small family business

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

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - homemaker
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
United States Yes
The US: - West

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness
Is this an e-book? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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