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Genre: I think that the book "Danger in Zion National Park" from the national park series has an action/adventure, thriller, mystery, and realistic fiction kinda genre that is all together in one. I know that my book has all of these genres because, my book talks about scavenger hunts, the characters in my book take side quests and almost put their life in danger, and their hunted by 2 huntsmen trying to kill them.

Supporting Character: There are 2 main supporting characters in this story. One is Wes, and two is Amber. Wes is the main character Jake's, cousin. He plays the smart, good wisdom, and nice role in the book. He is a pretty good influence. And Amber is also Jake's cousin and she plays the Nice, bossy, great loyalty role in the book. She helps Jake a lot in this story. Both characters are very helpful and very nice.

Character vs. Tech: When Jake, and Wes woke up this morning they thought of the day before seeing a flashing red light in a cave right outside the border of the national park. So this morning they set up a drone that flew over to one of the flashing lights but then it woke up. It went up and rammed into Wes's drone. The drone was broken. These drones were 4 times bigger then Wes's drone. These were government drones.

Summary: In the book of Danger in Zion National Park there are 3 main characters. The "main" main character in this story is a 13 year boy named Jake. And the other 2 characters are his cousins, Amber and Wes. And this story is about Jake trying to uncover the treasure hidden in these different National Parks or a scavenger hunt left by his grandfather that passed away. The story is told by flashbacks from the 1980s.

CHARACTERIZATION: In this book there are 3 main characters, which are Jake, Amber, and Wes. Jake is the character that feels like he is the main character and Jake always leads the group talking like a group leader. Amber is the"Has a lot of fears" kind of person. She always talks first and doesn't want to be late. Wes is the smart guy in the group. He is one step ahead of everyone and always uses big words.

Jake Amber and Wes has been in the RV and traveling to Zion for Jake's grandfathers treasure hunts. The treasure hunt is still going and is great. Jake and his cousins and doing great in the journey or adventure.

Summery: The main characters in the story are Jake, Wes, and Amber. The story is about Jake Even's grandfather passing a treasure hunt on to his grandson. This book takes place in Yosemite National Park. Events take place in the national park and in the forests of the park. The inciting incidents of the events are all coming back to Jake. And lastly the story is told by a 3rd person and it is in alternative chapters.

Inciting Incident: Unlike most the inciting incident starts at page one, Jake Even the main character starts by having a very dangerous and important journey of a treasure hunt left by his grandfather. And this whole treasure hunt is separated into 6 books in total. But in this specific book, Jake finds an old cassette tape in the beginning of the story and that is one of many clues to finding the hidden treasure.

THE QUEST: I think my book/ main character "Jake" has the archetype quest because the whole book series talks about 3 kids who are cousins go on a treasure hunt that the main characters grandpa left for them and is very serious. The 3 kids all face problems like the twin owls who are 2 people who dress in black and are also going for the treasure that the cousins are going for. They face many dangerous climates also.

Visualize: When the book talked about how the fire in Yosemite National Park started and how this family started choking on the thick smoke and having children with them made the children not being able to breath. There is the quote from the book that made me feel that way which is "The wind shifted hard which pushed the fire and smoke south right toward the family. They started to panic and started choking and ran.

TEXT to SELF: This book reminds me of when I went to Yosemite for a trip and stayed there for about 4 days. The book talks about 3 kids going on a trip for a treasure hunt. And what I remember I went with my mom and dad so that is exactly 3 people just like the book. Other similarities I can make is that they visited every single popular place in Yosemite and We did that too, hiking along some trails and waterfalls.

Characterization: The author reveals a character named Wes by making him really funny in the beginning of the book and then when we get to around pg40 we can see how Wes uses his intelligent mind to solve riddles and puzzles throughout the book. We can see that the author revealed Wes's characteristics by first making him the class clown of the whole group, then making him the most intelligent one in the whole book.

The antagonist of this book is the evil spy organization SPYDER. SPYDER is a secret spy organization that puts bombs everywhere in the city and Ben, the main character is going to stop them. They want to destroy the city while trying to get the main character Ben and his friends in the good spy organization captured.

My character is a dynamic character. I know this because in the book a boy named Ben was met with an FBI agent and asked to be a spy which is a very big change from a 12 year old boy to a spy working for the government. When Ben goes and faces many challenges instead of backing away he fights or gets them out of the way. Every time there is a problem he changes. Ben is a person who will never back down to a problem.

The conflict of my story is character vs. society. The story started with a boy named Ben that got into the CIA for spy training and he is going to a place that is school for spies. He is going to train and get ready for what he is going to face in the community of the outside world. He will be facing lots of challenges that involve civilians and people.

PREDICTION: Based on how hard Ben's ninja school is, I predict he will be a great spy ninja when he graduates from ninja school. Ben is working hard and trying to not get bad grades so he doesn't get kicked out of school.

"Point of View" My point of view is 1st person. An example from the book on page 2 is, "I didn't doubt he was a spy for a second." Since there was an "I" in the sentence you could already tell that this book is narrated by "First person".

The main character is Ben Ripley, a 12-year-old boy with a talent for math who is recruited into the CIA for reasons that Ben does not know about. An example from the book is ""Hello, Ben," said the man in my living room. "My name is Alexander Hale. I work for the CIA" And just like that, my life became interesting." (p.1) I could already tell that from my reading, the book has only been talking about Ben.

SETTING: My book has a jungle/ ADVENTURE setting. The family always leaves when the sun is up. On the dark night some families found abandoned warehouses along the road and it was mysterious with the fog. They decide not to go in. That was an example from the book.

ACTION/ADVENTURE is my genre for this book that I am reading. I know this because when I read my book I can tell it is talking about the future and how it's setting is in a jungle. Which means that it is fiction, and its adventures. This family is a great family but always splits apart when in danger.

Teddy is a character in the book who has a fear of homework but he is a good kid and he really likes teddy bears. Teddy's family goes on a vacation which leads them to an abandoned warehouse. They find something that they were not suppose to find.