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Plot Summary of Everything Burns
"Photojournalist Boot Means tracks a serial arsonist across Texas. Someone is setting the buildings aflame and burning innocent children, and Boot Means must uncover the answer. With the author's trademark city grit and striking scenarios, Everything Burns delves into the psyche of a true pyromaniac for Klim's most suspenseful story yet. "
Linnea Jones, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Everything Burns
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Plot

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




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is.... - stalking/killing innocents
Crime Thriller Yes
Mostly a criminal POV story Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - chasing a bomber/arsonist

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - photographer
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
City? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of sex
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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