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| Plot Summary of The Specter |
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"Dina is a seventeen-year-old girl suffering from Hodgkin's disease, a form of cancer. During one of her long stays at the hospital, she meets Julie, a nine-year-old child whose parents were killed in a car accident. Julie suffers from an obsessive phobia that causes her to believe that a man named Sikes is out to get her and develops a strong attachment to Dina. Concerned for her friend's safety, Dina launches an investigation to track down Sikes, and discovers the awful truth behind Julie's accident."
Michael Jung, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- solving crimes (scooby doooo!)
Family, caring for ill
Yes
Who is sick?
- platonic (!) friend
because he/she is
- mentally ill
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Age 11-14
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- high school
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- physically sick
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- almost none
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 (some)
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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