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Fight For Life - Wild at Heart 1
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Plot Summary of Fight For Life - Wild at Heart 1
"I love this book! (as well as the rest of the series). In this one, Maggie MacKenzie, an eleven year old girl who lives with her grandmother, Dr. J.J. MacKenzie (Gran), is failing school. Gran makes it clear to her that Maggie can't help out in the veterinary clinic untill her grades come up. In the meantime, Gran asks Brenna Lake, a girl from Maggie's school to do Maggie's chores. Maggie get's jealous. Then, all these sick puppies come in from the Farmers Market, and Maggie decides she has to put a stop to it. Gran asks some more kids from Maggie's school to help out untill things are back to normal. Maggie finds out that all these sick puppies are coming from puppy mills! After some major research, Maggie finds a way to put a stop to the puppy mill, arrest the man who owns it, and save and find homes for all the puppies. If you're like me, at the end of this book, you'll be cheering for Maggie and DYING to read the next in the series."
Ruth Miller, Resident Scholar

"In this book a girl named Maggie lives with her grandmother in her veterinary clinic after her parents died. Maggie is trying to balance her helping out at the clinic with her dismal test and homework grades at school. In the meantime a dog breader in town is running a puppy mill and Maggie feels it is up to her to catch the criminal and save the puppies. Maggie is a stubern kid and thinks she can do all of this by her self, so when her grandmother brings in other kids to help Maggie, Maggie is extremely upset. To top this her cousin, Zoe, has come to town so her mother can shoot a film nearbye. Maggie views her cousin as a stuck up snob and feels deeply hurt when her grandmother starts to enjoy Zoe's company."
Corinne, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Fight For Life - Wild at Heart 1
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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Animal story Yes
Kind of animal: - dog
Family, loving relations Yes
Special relationship with - grandma
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin - 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
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death - explicit references to torture
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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