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Plot Summary of Black Creek Crossing
" Fifteen year old Angel Sullivan has been enduring the taunts of her classmates and the abuse of an acholic father. So when Angel's family moves to Roundtree, Massachusetts to a house and a promising job for Angel's father but most of all Angel, who only want to have a friend, gets the chance to make a brand new start. But when she is shunned by her new classmates, Angel falls deeper into despair. Until she meets Seth Baker, a fellow outcast and a kinship is forged.

It's Seth who tells Angel about the legacy of murder that hangs over her family's home and the rumors that something supernatural still dwells there. Uncertain whether the stories are true, Angel and Seth devote themselves to contacting whatever restless souls haunts the house. But once they begun there is no turning back. Guided by a vengeful spirit, they uncover the shocking events that lay buried beneath Roundtree. "

Greg Bryant, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Black Creek Crossing
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




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: - 20's-30's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can cast many different spells
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - quite fatty

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - student
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can cast all sorts of spells
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
Motive of antagonist - revenge
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Setting
United States Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 5-7
Unusual forms of death - dropped from large heights - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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