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Book Review By Ashareh
A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Matt (Matilda) Black has been drifting from town to town, away from home, polite society, and her past, when she meets Edmund, a witch who has a bit of an identity problem. Edmund has been wandering as well, and can't remember his own past. Matt uses her magical gift of speaking with inanimate objects to make friends with a ghost of a haunted house, an old friend of Edmund's who starts Edmund and Matt on the journey to recover Edmund's lost memories.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - amnesia
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 0 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 70 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 0 %

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Earth setting: - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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