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| Plot Summary of My Girl |
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"Vada is a young girl whose best friend is a little boy named Thomas J. Her father is an undertaker and her grandmother is a little bit crazy. Vada believes she's dying and constantly visits the doctor to see if she is. The basic idea of this story is how young Vada deals with friends, family, crushes, and tragedy."
Laura J. Miller, Resident Scholar
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"In this book basically a girl, about 11 years old, had to deal with the death of her best friend Thomas J. She also has to deal with her dad having a girlfirend, who she probably thought was replacing here mother who died. She also had to deal with her crush of an older man who also had a girlfriend."
sarah, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of My Girl |
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Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- vague finding self/purpose in life (i.e. no plot to book)
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Age 11-14
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- grade school
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a kid
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
- natural phenomena
Age:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
- throughout most of the book.
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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