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Book Review By georgia marett
Checkers by John Marsden

There is the main character in the book who is female, she remains nameless throughout the book. She lives in the Mental hospital after her family is continually pestered by the media because her father is the member of a group that continues to deny any input to the fraud that they have commited. This name-less girl is living in the mental hospital, she refuses to talk to the psycological counsellor in "group". She would probably go home if she had anywhere to go.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14
Brain/Body disability? - mental illness

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

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
United States Yes

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - little dialog
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