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Plot Summary of Charlie Bone and The Time Twister
"When Henry Yewbeam is sent forward in time by his evil cousin, Zeke, his great-great-nephew, Charlie Bone, tries to help him escape from Bloor's Academy. Charlie also has to try to prevent his evil Grandma and aunts from killing his uncle Paton, and from destroying the balance between good and evil at Bloor's. To do so, he needs help from his friends at school, endowed and non-endowed, and from friends he's made in the city. He uses his ability to listen to people in photographs and portraits in order to receive help from a now-dead wizard named Skarpo, but as he's never actually entered a picture before, he's not sure if he can return."
Phoenix Rye, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Charlie Bone and The Time Twister
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - a powerful magician
Time Travel: - largely forwards/future
Is this an adult or child's book? - Kid's book (ages 7-14)
Time Travel story? Yes
Family relations Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a kid
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: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - unemployed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - missing body parts/abilities

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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