School+of+Fear

=**By: Mia Noble**= =**Story title: School of Fear**= =**Author: Gitty Daneshvari**= =**Copyright date: 2010**= =**Number of pages: 339**= =**AR Book Level: 6.2**= =**Points: 6.0**= =Character Analysis: The main characters of the book are Theodore Bartholomew is from Manhattan (petrified of dying), Garrison Feldmen from Manhattan (terrified of deep water), Lucy Punchalower also from Manhattan (scared of confined spaces), and Madeleine Masterson is from London, England (deathly afraid of bugs especially spiders) There is a teacher named Mrs. Wellington and a legally blind man named Schmidty (he's the cook and Mrs. Wellington's make up and wig applicator).= = = =Setting Analysis: The setting is at the kids' houses and at The School of Fear. They're only at there houses for a short time so I'm not going to tell you details about them. The School of Fear is a place in the middle of nowhere,"Are we underground?"Lulu asked as she grabbed her eye. "Not at all, it's just the vines they block all the light." Leafy vines grew from one tree-lined side of the road to the other, creating a tunnel (pg. 96). When they got there Garrison asked,"What kind of vines grow like this? as he pushed the blond locks off of his forehead. "Sticky vines they can trap a man with their sap", the sheriff said (pg. 97).=

=Problem Analysis: There are many problems in this story so im not going to name all of them. But one main problem is since Scmidty is blind and he cooks the food they don't have very good meals and they have to deal with it for the rest of the summer. Another problem is Mrs. Wellington has them change their ways like put vaseline on their teeth. But then they get used to it. Just like we get used to school.=

=Recommendation: I recommend this book for kids 10 and older. I recommend it because it is hilarious. This book is realistic fiction, because it can really happen. I recommend this book to people who like books about children and lots of action.=