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"World War I and the Spanish flu pandemic is the backdrop of the story of Commonweath, a town that has decided to quarantine itself to keep the sickness out. No one is allolwed to leave and no one to enter.
When a stranger tries to get in, he is killed by one of the guards posted to keep people away. Another stranger, Frank, tries to enter, and Philip Worthy, the town's founders adopted son, has no choice but to let him in when they point guns at each other. A friendship develops when Philip and Frank are locked away from the town until it can be determined if Frank brought in the flu.
When the flu suddenly attacks the townspeople, they turn on each other in suspicion. The town's only employer, a lumber mill owned by Charles Worthy, is shut down due to employee illness. The quarantine is lifted. The townspeople are weakened from lack of food, since they couldn't leave town during the quarantine, and also by sickness and caring for sick family members. Tempers flare, exacerbated by men from Timber Falls, a nearby town, coming to arrest those who failed to register for the draft. Some men are beaten, families threatened. When the flu subsides, what will be left of the town?"
Jan Lamers, 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
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
War/Revolt/Disaster on civilians
Yes
Conflict:
- Environmental Disaster
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- blue collar
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 (some)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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