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"Eden Storey is a voice over actress making a nice living in California. She left her telephone psychic grandmother, Jessie and troubled younger sister, Mimi, fiften years ago in Endor, Arkansas. She has not spoken with either one for years. Then one day she receives a call from Owen Charteris saying her grandmother has been hurt and Eden needs to come right away. Eden finds out that her sister's child has been dropped at Jessie's and someone must care for her and operate Jessie's psychic phone line while Jessie recuperates in the hospital. Eden has several misgivings but goes anyway.
While operating the psychic line, Jessie starts to receive phone calls from a strange woman. Eden is sure that it is her sister, Mimi. Mimi's daughter, Peyton, is a troubled young girl. Peyton knows things she shouldn't. She knows about guns and even more troubling, she seems to know an awful lot about the bombing of an airplane in Miami. People are looking for Peyton and Mimi. It is the right wing militia group that Mimi had become involved with.When the groups leader finally tracks down Peyton, things go from bad to worse. "
Sarah Bryson, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- kidnap/rescue
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here?
- right wing militia
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- actor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist
- power
The antagonists are:
- radical right wingers
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
Unusual form of death?
Yes
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