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Plot Summary of Flipped
"Juli Baker is the new girl across the street.   The moment she sees Bruce, she goes over and says hi and then she considers him her best friend. Then from that point on, she tries to make him her boy friend, and she tries to get him to kiss her.   She is very happy she moved in.   The problem is that Bruce does not want to be her boyfriend or kiss her. He was doing just fine before she moved in.   He would be ok if she said hi every once in a while, but she was following him around and it was getting annoying. Then, when he tries to get rid of her, his mom notices he is not playing with her any more and so she invites Juli's family for dinner.   It did not turn out very well.   Bruce's family was planning on having a formal dinner, but the Bakers came in tee shirts.   Then the Bakers acted very crudely.   It was a disaster, but Juli didn't realize and felt that Bruce's family had accepted her. Now how will he get her to leave him alone?"
cloud city, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - very sensitive (sigh)
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14
Lover is - totally uninterested

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a kid
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional 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: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 ()
United States Yes
City? Yes

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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