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John Smith is transformed into the antimatter world by an accident in Doctor Leitz's laboratory. He finds himself on a quest to right the wrong made that threaten John's world as much as the antimatter's world.
A voice, called Master of the Perfect Word, becomes his mentor and guides him through this process. He gets hooked up with three other adolescents, Kate, Tex and Cal, to find loyalty and friendships where there were none.
They find themselves in a car chase as they pass through to another world where they play a game of bowling for life. In the end, John finds that like other adolescents, he must accept and love himself in order to be loved.

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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%

Tone of book - humorous or laughable
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - an adult (general)
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Plotlets: - dimension travel
Is this an adult or child's book? - Kid's book (ages 7-14)

Main Character
Age: - a teen
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can change shapes - teleportation
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - business executive
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - obsessed - mentally ill - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Genius (really!)
Physique - physically sick

Setting
Terrain - Domed/Underground City
Earth setting: - 20th century
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - unfriendly aliens - empty, or nearly empty world
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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