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The Likes Of Me by Randall Beth Platt

The Likes Of Me is about Cordelia Hankins who is half Chinese, half American and all albino. She lives on her father's wood mill in western Washington with her father, and her 7 foot stepmother, Babe. In 1918, she is 14 and has her first crush: Squirl, a new, young, advernturous lumberjack, whom her father has warned her to stay away from. He gets fired and so she hops a train--determined to find him. This is the story of how she finds Squirl in Seattle, winds up in a funfair as one of the sideshows, finds and loses love, and reconciles with her family.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1900-1920's
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school
Something wrong upstairs/downstairs? - physical illness/disability
Wild kid(s)? - runaway!

Main Character
Gender - Male
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Pacific NW

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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