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The Woman in the Wall by Patrice Kindl

Anna is a very small and very shy 7-year old who panics when her mother tells her that she has to go to school! Anna's mother has let Anna stay home two extra years because of her small size, so Anna knows that her mother means what she says. After Anna is traumatized by the school psychologist's visit to her home, Anna begins to make a place where she can stay within the walls of the house, and thus avoid going to school. Without really realizing it, Anna lives within the walls of her house for seven years, watching her family and her family's friends through peepholes she has made, and seeing the changes in herself. As time goes by, Anna realizes she is lonely, and starts wondering what life would be if she had a normal life. When she finds a note in a crack in the wall, addressed only to “A,” Anna thinks the note is to herself, and begins contact with someone in the outside world. This can become the catalyst for Anna to join the outside world again, if Anna will let it.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14

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

Main Adversary
Identity: - society

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
City? Yes

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