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The Cursed Sparknotes
The Cursed by Michael Panckridge

The Cursed took place in two main places, The Brazilian Rainforest, and Bridgewater College. In the story the Crusaders of the Light took over the school from the inside to set up their plot to become invisible. The Brazilian Rainforest is a mysterious place that Jonathan explored with Amanda, and a team of other explorers. They were exploring to find an invisible tribe which they did find and only Jonathan and Amanda survived, her husband died as well.

The characters in the story are Lewis, who is the main character. Lewis is a student at Bridgewater College, and is cursed like his mother to slowly turn invisible overtime. Jonathan is Lewis’ guardian, and has the secret to invisibility. Jonathan got a casket from the rainforest and it can turn a person invisible. Amanda is Lewis’ mom, she disappeared two months before the story takes place, and she is believed to have gone to the rainforest to find the tribe so she can get rid of the curse. Abby is also a student at Bridgewater and is Lewis’ best friend, and helps later on in the story. Raymond Brampton is the main main villain of the story and tries to get the power of invisibility to him and his crusaders.
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After that it focuses on Lewis who started reading the letter that he found in Jonathan’s desk. The letter is about Jonathan and Amanda’s expedition of the Brazilian rainforest, and their encounter with the invisible tribe. He keeps reading for the next 9 chapters. During those 9 chapters the school council gets taken over by light crusaders, and a secret agent has infiltrated their

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