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Plot Summary of When the Wind Blows
"Frannie is living all alone, grieving for her dead husband, when a mysterious FBI agent shows up at her doorstep. Then Frannie sees a flying girl, and gets caught up in a mysterious, deadly secret. "
Megan, Resident Scholar

"This is the story of a government agency creating genetically altered humans for the purpose of creating the perfect weapon and the plight of a young woman out to help an escapee from the laboratory.
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traci mentink, Resident Scholar

"FBI agent Kit Harrison and veterinarian Frannie O'Neill are an awkward match at first, but team up for some strange investigation. Fran searches to solve the mysterious murder of her husband, while Kit battles with the deaths of his wife and children. Max changes all their lives while helping both Kit and Frannie through their own personal issues. Max is an eleven year old child who shows up in the woods near Fran's animal hospital. With the help of Max, Kit and Frannie reveal the truth of horrific, scientific experimentation. Out of it has come unspeakable tragedy as well as something so beautiful it boggles the minds of Kit and Frannie. "
Tracey Ray, Resident Scholar

"Frannie goes and comforts her friend after her husband's death. She gets drunk and sees a girl with wings and thought she was hallucinating. Frannie meets an FBI agent and ends up falling in love with him. The girl with wings was not a hallucination. She is hiding from her uncle and scientists who murder anybody. FBI agent Kit Harrison helps solve the problem that the scientists were doing illegal experiments. Frannie and Kit have "mated" and Frannie finds Kit isn't who she thinks he is. The book has twisted murders and has a very interesting story to it."
Ciara, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of When the Wind Blows
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 45%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 25%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Medical Thriller Yes
Medical Plotlets: - wild experiments on people - cloning tech
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - doctor
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - 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: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - scientist
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - evil doctors
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest - West
Misc setting - scientific labs

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - actual description of sex
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - chemistry
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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