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"3 teenage kids are spending their summer in a hospital. Brent has landed there by falling through a trap door in a barn and breaking his back. Brent becomes friends with Kirk and Amy. Amy is in the hospital for what her Mom has told her is Mono but she suspects that it is something worse. Kirk is there after hip surgery, his hip joint is not growing at the same rate as his leg bones and the doctors had to pin him back together.
The teenagers spend a lot of time talking about life and figuring out ways to drive the staff nuts. Such as when Kirk fakes throwing his hip out to get the Nurse to call a Doctor in, and when the Dr. arrives he is sitting in his wheelchair and states nothing had happened. They also talk about how they are similar to being in a “Three Legged Race” and that you need the help of someone else to get to the finish line.
The three even plan to escape the hospital one night and head out into the world supporting each other, acting like normal teenagers, with a wheel chair, crutches and a back brace.
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Tanya, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
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 11-14
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- high school
Something wrong upstairs/downstairs?
- physical illness/disability
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- physically sick
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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