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Book Review By Courtney
The Dark Light by Mette Newth

Tora is a 13 year old girl living on a farm in Napoleonic Norway. After her mother dies of a disease, Tora gets by leprosy. She is sent away to a poverty-stricken hospital for lepers in the large town called Bergen. In this hospital, Tora meets a most dislikable character, who also happens to be the only patient who can read. Tora must convince a blood-sucking lady to teach her to read before either of them die of the fatal disease. Tora not only suffers the direct effects of her disease, including limbs falling off and sores spreading throughout her body, but she must undergo the bitter cruelty of the townspeople whenever she tries to raise money for the poverty-stricken hospital.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1600-1899
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Brain/Body disability? - physical disability

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - Scandinavia
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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