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"Fourteen year old Cristyn is not happy when her college professor father announces that they are going to spend the summer in Wales with another professor and her two children. Her interest is piqued when her father shares that her deceased mother (died when Cristyn was 3) was from the same part of Wales where they will be staying. When they arrive at their cottage, it looks remarkably like a painting of her mother's childhood home. Conflicts arise with her dad's colleague's daughter Miranda, also fourteen. Miranda is very angry in the wake of her parents divorce. She's moody, and takes out her anger on her little brother Dennis with whom Cristyn sympathizes. Spooky happenings lead to the three children exploring the ancient basement of the home. Cristyn sees the ghostly image of a girl and her father from the late thirteenth century trying to escape from a fire. She strongly feels her presence in a stone circle near the cottage. Some research and information from the professors reveals that Llewelyn, a Welsh rebel from that time period lived close by maybe even in their house. In discovering the story of the ghostly girl and her connection to Llewelyn, Cristyn is able to finally talk to her father about her mother and come to some resolution of her anger about her mother's death. Miranda and Dennis too are able to come to terms with their family situation by working through the ancient story."
Susan Coffey, 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
- present (2000-2010)
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
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...
- mother
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- high school
Something wrong upstairs/downstairs?
- searching for identity/meaning
Parents/lack of parents problem?
- Momma gone
Main Character
Gender
- Female
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
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 (a good amount)
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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