| Carlie Newell is your average slightly-overweight teenage boy, thinking about his future. He wants to please his parents - easy for Mom, almost impossible for Dad. His friends are getting ready to go off to college, thinking about getting married, better jobs, all average teenager stuff.
Oh, Charlie has inherited an inter-dimensional doorway that leads to an uninhabited Earth. Charlie has big plans for the summer. It involves Passenger Pigeons and mining for gold in the untouched Rocky Mountains. There is only one problem. The government has found out about Charlie's doorway. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - very upbeat FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes Explore: Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Family relations Yes Descript. of chases or violence - 10 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20 % Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Main Adversary Identity: - an organization Profession/status: How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount Setting Terrain Earth setting: - dinosaur times - current (early 21st century) Takes place on Earth? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references only How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog |
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