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Plot Summary of Avalon High
" Ellie Harrison spends her summer days running with her dad and floating in her brand new swimming pool. One day when she's running, she sees the best-looking guy she's ever seen. She discovers his name is A. William Wagner, and he president of the senior class at her new high school, Avalon High, as well as quarterback for the football team and the most popular guy in school. She meets his friend Lance, a guard on the football team, and his girlfriend Jennifer. When Ellie discovers that Jennifer is cheating on Will with Lance, strange things start to happen. She realizes that the events revolving around Will are freakishly similar to the live of King Author. Could Lance be Lancelot and Jennifer Guinevere?
"

Katharine Schwab, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Avalon High
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - King Arthur
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - love triangle/polygon
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Earth setting: - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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