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"The Likes Of Me is about Cordelia Hankins who is half Chinese, half American and all albino. She lives on her father's wood mill in western Washington with her father, and her 7 foot stepmother, Babe. In 1918, she is 14 and has her first crush: Squirl, a new, young, advernturous lumberjack, whom her father has warned her to stay away from. He gets fired and so she hops a train--determined to find him. This is the story of how she finds Squirl in Seattle, winds up in a funfair as one of the sideshows, finds and loses love, and reconciles with her family."
Newt, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- 1900-1920's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- high school
Something wrong upstairs/downstairs?
- physical illness/disability
Wild kid(s)?
- runaway!
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an above average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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