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"When the sun rises on May 25th, no one in the town of Inferno suspects that the day will be any different then it has been for the past hundred years, least of all Cody Lockett. Scraping by with school and working his hands to the bone at the local auto detailing store leaves him little time to dream and less time to live, but all of that changes when a spaceship crash lands in the junkyard and the town's youngest citizen becoms seemingly possessed by an evil alien bounty hunter."
Meredith Griffin, Resident Robert R. McCammon Scholar


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




Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror story? Yes
Horror plotlets - the bodysnatchers are coming!

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male Alien
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - bounty hunter
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - super strength - is very quick
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
Terrain - Desert
Earth setting: - 20th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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