| When Callie Anne comes back from a meeting in Chicago, she comes back to a murder mystery. Her Aunt Bliss tells her about bones that the police found at an old drive-in her father once ran. She is a key witness in this case because she grew up there. When she arrives on the scene a police officer asks her questions about some the evidence that they found with the body. When she looks at the evidence she notices an old box that her father once used for cash, and a lighter that looked like the one Charlie Memphis, a drifter her father hired, once used. When she leaves the crime scene she takes the liter with her. She pulls into a drive way and remembers the day that Charlie Memphis started working at the drive-in.
Callie Anne, 12, fell in love with the tall Stetson man. She wanted to marry him he was everything she wanted in a man. While her father, Claude Junior, was up working in the projection booth, she would follow Memphis around like a lost puppy. Later, she over hears her mother, Teal, and Memphis talking. She watches them through the window, slowly touching each others hands, and kissing. She grows with anger and envy. She was supposed to be with him not her mother. Callie Anne stops communicating with everyone like she used to. She would run off and lie to her mother and father about where she would be going. After Claude Junior catches Memphis coming from his house one night he grows angrier with him. He gets into an argument that turns into a fight. Later that night Teal asks about Memphis, and Claude Junior says that he ran him off. No one ever sees or hears of Charlie Memphis again. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - upbeat Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's Romance/Romance Problems Yes Crime & Police story Yes Story of Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Lover is Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a kid Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Female Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 () United States Yes The US: - Midwest Prairie? Yes Small town? Yes Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - Boob talk! - Vagia talk! Lot of foul language? Yes |
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