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Among The Barons Book Report
The book, Among the Barons, is set in a place where the government doesn’t allow a third child.Luke Garner (one of the main characters) was hiding from the Population Police for 12 years.Until, Luke got the identity of Lee Grant, a Baron, and was sent to a all boy boarding school as Lee.This thrilling book was written by Margaret Peterson Haddix and the genre of this book is Mystery.This book is amazing and it always has so much action and suspense going on throughout the book.
The main characters in this book are: Luke/Lee Grant, a average third child, Smiths Grant, a whiny rich kid, Mr. and Mrs.Grant, rich, powerful, and evil parents, and Oscar, a muscular bodyguard, solider like.This book takes place around the twenty first century and
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133) My thoughts on characterization were it was used a lot to describe the main characters more than then the characters itself.My thoughts on the setting/mood were it played a key factor in this book, due to the government and its laws.My thoughts on theme were that there were a lot of themes made in this book, for example the element of trust.My thoughts on the climax were that it wasn’t really surprising, because Oscar, the bodyguard, told Luke beforehand.My thoughts on both foreshadowing and flashbacks were low, because it didn’t happen a lot of times.My thoughts on suspense were it created more excitement and sometimes making me more anxious.
In conclusion, I would highly recommend this book to someone.It is a great mystery novel which will always make you continuously reading.My thoughts on this book at first were low, because it had not so much suspense or mystery going on.Then gradually it had a lot more suspense and mystery.Those were my thoughts on the mystery book, Among the Barons, and why I would definitely recommend this book to

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