Shifting Through Neutral
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Plot Summary of Shifting Through Neutral

"Shifting Through Neutral shows a middle-class black family in 1970's Detroit through the eyes of young Rae Dodson. Her father is disabled by crippling migraines and her emotionally-distant mother is popping Valium when her older half-sister, Kimmie, returns from New Orleans where she vanished years ago to live with her father, their mother's one true love. Kimmie's return stirs in Rae a desire to understand her splintered family, to understand the mixed blessings of coming being a girl, and to find what freedom truly means to her. But, when Kimmie's father comes for them, Rae is forced to confront the price of freedom and define the kind of person she wants to become.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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Jennifer Martin-Romme, Resident Scholar

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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Inside culture (main char) - Black
Family, caring for ill Yes
Who is sick? - Father
because he/she is - physically ill
Family, loving relations Yes
Special relationship with - sister
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society) - American Midwest
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - Black
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 (some)
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest
City? Yes
City: - dirty, grimy (like New York)

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of hetero sex
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog

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