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Plot Summary of Evil Encounter
"Evil Encounter is a teen novel about the surprising death of Luke, the strange psychologist.

Michelle's mother nad father have recently split up, and Michelle moves with her mother to California. She attempts to keep in contact with her father, but constantly reaches his answering machine instead of being able to speak with him. Michelle becomes depressed, battles fits of insomnia and is soon referred to a therapy group by one of the teachers at her school.

This therapy group is very different from what Michelle imagines, and she soon finds it a joy to be there. She knows it must be everything that Luke does that makes it such a sheer joy. Michelle invites her mother to come along on a weekend trip that the whole group is taking. When her mother agrees and then needs to back out at the last moment, Michelle is upset but still agrees to attend the long session. But things go drastically wrong and Luke is murdered. Michelle is shocked to find out her mother is accused of his murder! She knows she must do everything in her power to help find her not guilty."

Jenn, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Evil Encounter
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Plot

Composition of Book
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%




Tone of story - very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain? - Moderately Challenging
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 80%
Murder of certain profession? - psychologists/patients
Misc. Murder Plotlets - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect
Kind of investigator - amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book? - Ages 7-14
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How many deaths? - 1
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Unusual forms of death - drowned
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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