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Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf
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Plot Summary of Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf
"Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf is about a girl named Sammy Keyes who is helping to look for a girl named Alyssa who always runs away. Sammy lives with only her grandmother in an apartment complex where only old people are allowed to live so she always has to go through the fire escape to go in. She has a neighbor whom she hates because that neighbor always trys to get her in trouble. But now, Alyssa has run away. Will Sammy be able to find her?"
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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - solving crimes (scooby doooo!)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14
Age group of kid(s) in story: - grade school
Wild kid(s)? - runaway!

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Pacific NW

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