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Memories Of Summer by Ruth White

Memories of Summer is about two loving, unseparable sisters, the youngest one is Lyric, and the other one is Summer.Together with their dad, they move to Flint,Michigan to start a new life. Soon, Summer starts scratching her face, talking to imaginary people-who she believes are her grandpa and grandma. Lyric and her dad take her to the doctor. They find out that Summer has schizophrenia-a mental illness.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Family, caring for ill Yes
Who is sick? - Sister
because he/she is - mentally ill
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14

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

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - a teen
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Scrambled brains

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Misc setting

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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