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Plot Summary of Starlight's Courage
""Starlight's Courage" engages the reader from beginning to end as Miranda continues to care for the black stallion, Starlight, while proving her loyalty to her friends, competing with antagonists and attempting a daring rescue of the horse she loves. Starlight joins her in the fight for their lives against a madman out to get them."
Angela Kelly, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Animal story Yes
Kind of animal: - horse
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14
Age group of kid(s) in story: - grade school
Something wrong upstairs/downstairs? - searching for identity/meaning

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? - 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: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed - deluded - mentally ill - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Dumb
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 ()
United States Yes
The US: - West
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - ranch - lot of descript of animal care
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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