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"Thirteen-year-old Shauna, eldest of the Townson family's five adopted children, is taken away in the night by fairies and a changeling left in her place. However, during the changeover, five-year-old Sierra, clinging tenaciously to her constant companion, Blue Ted, is inadvertently taken as well. The changeling, Dylis, pretending to be Shauna, leads the remaining three children to Fairyland (from whence she had come) in an attempt to rescue Sierra. The entrance to the fairies underground kingdom is through an old abbey guarded by the witch, Ratstails and her legion of man-eating crows and on their arrival there, ten-year-old Leyla is snatched by the witch and taken to the bell tower to be fed to the ravenous birds. At the same time 100 metres below the abbey, Sierra awakens to find herself not only a prisoner but with a football game ready to start is horrified to see that Blue Ted's head is about to be removed to be used as the football! As the changeling and her two remaining companions puzzled over whom to search for first, they were further delayed in their quest by the sudden emergence - from adjacent long grass – of a tall gentleman with bushy black eyebrows and beard and a black bowler hat – which in the dim light resembled a crow sitting in a near-falling-off position over his left ear and how it managed to stay on his head as he moved was a profound mystery to all who observed it. "
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Plot

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

FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - part earth & part fantasy world
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Plotlets: - exploring a wondrous planet or phenomena
Is this an adult or child's book? - Kid's book (ages 7-14)

Main Character
Identity: - magical being
Profession/status: - mage/magician
Age: - a teen
Has magical/special powers? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Has magical powers? Yes
Eccentric: Yes - 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 - Dumb
Physique - missing body parts/abilities

Setting
Terrain - Domed/Underground City
Earth setting: - 20th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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