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Plot Summary of Zoo Gang Girls
"In the not-too-distant future, men are largely extinct, women reproduce by cloning and Mother Earth is healing from a global catastrophe. Melissa is a 21-year-old health aid who learns from her elderly friend about a time when
women fought over motherhood. She falls in with the notorious "zoo gang" and befriends the local zoo's only man. Helping him escape, she makes a shocking discovery that will change her world forever.
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Review Analysis of Zoo Gang Girls
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%




Tone of book - humorous or laughable
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Repressive society story Yes
Parody Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's a slave/repressed? - men are slaves

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - artist
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric
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: - society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.

Setting
Terrain - Desert - Mountains - Forests
Earth setting: - medium future 22-24th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - lesbians!
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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