| Little girl, 8 years old, desperate to leave her present situation with her Mom and live-in boyfriend. Roy is violent and beats Mom on occassion. Tells Mom to leave Roy and Mom does, after one other beating. Having no where to go and no money to speak of the leave in their old junk car and head out before Roy knows they are gone. After many hours and car problems and running out of cash a nice guy on a motorcycle picks them up and takes them to his house. Later the next day they get on a bus and the Mom decides to take them to her father-in-law and to a life that the girl did not know existed. She will find out about her father and about what it takes to make an unforgiving old man decide to let the girl and her mom live on his ranch. It is her first real home and many trials come and someone get killed and the boyfriends goes after them. The little girl will be able to win her grandpa's love and find out what happened to her father who died at 21. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - very sensitive (sigh) Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day) Family, struggle with Yes Struggle with: - Grandpa Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Loss of... Main Character Gender - Female Age: - a kid Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 9 () United States Yes The US: - Pacific NW Farm/Ranch? Yes Farm/Ranch: - ranch - lot of descript of animal care 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 - actual description of hetero sex - Boob talk! Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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