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"In the Hangmans Curse, a family of investigators tries to find out why there are high school students going crazy and eventually going comatose. What they find out is that a curse is being out on enemies of high school witches. The curse entails a ghost scaring and making the victim go mad and having to be put in the hospital. A stop is put to this incident by the selected family. "
Ryan Grundy, Resident Scholar
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"A family of investigators are sent to Eastern Washington to uncover the truth to what is happening in this school. Students, and a few teachers, believe a ghost is harming them."
Ericka "Shorti" S., Resident Scholar
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"A family of Christian investigators seek the truths behind the myth of a ghost haunting a high school. The children, twin brother and sister, enroll in the school and befreind many different people, gathering clues and truths. Meanwhile, several teens go crazy and eventually die from a mysterious illness supposed to be related to the ghost. The teens and their parents do find out the real culprit, but only after a few false ideas and a few deaths. "
R Ford, 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 - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 23.3%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 16.7%
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror Story?
Yes
Horror plotlets
- the ghost chased me!
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Age:
- a teen
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
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
Profession/status:
- killer
Eccentric:
Yes
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- dumb rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 2
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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