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A man (wolverine) tries to learn about his past and through the journey meets up with a young girl (rouge) who is trying to escape her life and become a new person. A man (Magneto) is bent on ridding the world of normal humans and turning them into mutants like himself. But a school of mutants containing the x-men fight against magneto and are led by a long time friend of Magneto's, Charles Xaviar, a telepath.
ryen, Resident Scholar


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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%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - telekenesis (scifi)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Eccentric: Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - killer
Has magical powers? Yes
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a lot
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - an average amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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