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Plot Summary of Nazareth Hill
"Amy, a rebellious teen and her Father move into Nazareth Hill. It once had many uses including an asylum but it is now an apartment complex. Amy is unable to shake the memories of once seeing a hideous creature through the window as she was a child. She tries to warn the other tenants but nobody will listen to her. Her boyfriend also believes that she is going insane. Even when deaths occur in the building, she is still regarded as an outcast. To make matters worse, her Father is changing into a religious zealot and becoming a completely different person. Amy begins to uncover sinister events that once took place on the very grounds in which she now resides. Amy races to find the whole truth before history repeats itself and she becomes Nazareth Hill's next victim."
Alicia, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Nazareth Hill
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror Story? Yes
Horror plotlets - Why do they stay in the haunted house/boat?

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - wild
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Monster of some sort? Yes
Kind of monster: - general monster
Physique - missing body parts/abilities

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Unusual forms of death - fright - hanging - flamed
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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