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Book Review By Jennifer Selk
The Daring Game by Kit Pearson

Eleven year old Eliza Chapman is sent to an affluent boarding school Ashdown Academy in Vancouver, British Columbia. At first, life at boarding school is fun and exciting. Eliza likes the rules and regulations, wearing a uniform and making new friends, and soon gets used to boarding school rituals. As the year goes on, Eliza develops a tentative friendship with her roommate Helen - a rebellious and difficult girl, not well liked by staff and students alike. Helen starts a Daring Game among the five girls of the yellow dorm, but as tensions in the yellow dorm escalate, so do the dares, and the game begins to spiral out of control.

Eliza works to be loyal to her school as well as to her new friend, while struggling with her desire to put off growing up.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 7-10
Age group of kid(s) in story: - grade school

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a kid

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - a kid
Profession/status:
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric:
How sensitive is this character?

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 ()
City? Yes

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