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Book Review By ryan mellish
A Painted House by John Grisham

The novel is about a seven year old boy growing up in the deep south. He farms cotton. He has adventures. It's a different tone and style than most of John Grisham's other novels.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - struggling to earn a living to survive
Poverty, surviving Yes
Kind of living: - farm poverty

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - a kid
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm - lot of descript of crop raising
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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