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| Plot Summary of I'm Going to Be Famous |
"Banana-lover Arlo Moore is going to be famous. How? By devouring seventeen bananas in less than two minutes and becoming the new banana-eating champion of The Guinness Book of World Records! And he's not alone. His best friend Ben wants to set a record for lemon-eating while Arlo's sister Kerry and her friend Mike decide to break records for melon-seed spitting and ice cream-eating. As the kids train obsessively for their record-making attempts, parents worry about their health, bullies sabotage their training sessions, and the entire school bets on their success -- or failure. Will the kids break their records? "
Michael Jung, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of I'm Going to Be Famous |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Age 11-14
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- grade school
Parents/lack of parents problem?
- rebelling against parent's expectations
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a kid
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- obsessed
- wild
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 ()
United States
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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