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"Harper Flute is a young girl who lives in the dry farms of Australia. She and her family strugle with poverty as the land she lives on doesn't give crops. Harper's shanty falls down leaving her with no home. Her father turns to alchohol and her mother struggles with the disappearance of her children. Tin the second eldest son spends all his time digging and makes hidden underground tunnels under their new house. He never comes out. The youngest child Caffy dies from falling in a well, and Harpers eldest sister Audrey goes to work for the farmer down the road. Things don't go to plan and she comes back. The family re-uild their lives."
Kenndel, 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
- 1900-1920's
Life of a profession:
- farmer
Poverty, surviving
Yes
Kind of living:
- farm poverty
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Age 11-14
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a kid
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Australian (mate!)
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:
- a kid
Profession/status:
- student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
Forest?
Yes
Prairie?
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Amount of dialog
- little dialog
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