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Book Review By Justin Mitchell
Ride the River by Louis L'Amour

A young teen girl finds out she inherited a sum of money from a distant relative. She lives in the American West and far away from the city where she has to go to collect the money. After meeting with a lawyer and running into trouble, she is off with a great sum of money. On her travel back to her family ranch she is followed by a group of men who were hired to get


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 40 %
Western Yes
Story primarily about - attacked on ride through the West

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

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