| Jessie Keyser is a teenage girl who who lives in a log cabin with her mother, a midwife, her father, a blacksmith and her five siblings. The children believe it is the year 1840. What Jessie doesn't know is that the year is actually 1996 and she lives in a replica of an 1840 village and she is being constantly watched by tourists and guards. Suddenly, local children begin to fall ill of diptheria and some are dying. Medicine is not being provided to them, even though it is readily availible.
Jessie's mother sneaks her out into the woods one night, gives her modern clothes, food and instructions on how to use a telephone. Jessie's mission is to escape and go get the much needed diptheria medicine before it's too late. Will she return before diptheria wipes out the village? | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) Time/era of story: Medical Thriller Yes Medical Plotlets: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 10 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 60 % Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - an organization Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes Motive of antagonist - kicks How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting Forest? Yes Small town? Yes Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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