| Alfie Newton's mother is a devout Christian and her father is hardly ever home. And at sixteen, the only thing that had been holding her family together is suddenly gone– her terminally ill sister has finally died. As Alfie tells the story of the last year of her and her sister's life, she struggles to deal with her parents' crumbling marriage, her crisis of faith, and her pending adulthood which is complicated by her crush on an older man. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - thoughtful Time/era of story - 1980's-1999 Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Kids: - religious influences Internal struggle/realization? Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14 Coping with loss of loved one(s) Yes Loss of... Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - natural phenomena Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 () United States Yes The US: - California Writing Style Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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