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Plot Summary of The Year My Life Went Down the Loo
"Emily is transplanted from very hip Seattle to a gotty, run down mansion in England that even has a ghost. For a year she must endure this dreary existence. In a running diatribe, she covers all the things that irk her - a ghost who toss her underwear around the room; her father's pop quizzes on medieval history; and worst of all NO MALLS!! However, there are pluses to this adventure. Two are: Aidan, the Dean's son who is totally hunkalicious!! and she is in the same country with actor Oded Fehr and can stalk him!

This book, aimed at teens, is a wildly hilarious venture of culture clashes and teens vs parents."

DeborahAnne MacGillivray, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Year My Life Went Down the Loo
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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Culture clash? - visiting a culture in other country
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14
Outside culture (society) - British
If story of urban/rural... - Small town life
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
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 - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - society

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 (a fair amount)
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness - written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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