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Story Archetype: the archetype of this book is voyage. The protagonist (Zipporah Feldman) and her family move to the United States to escape from the violence happening in their home country: Russia. This is a voyage because the protagonist travels to an unfamiliar place and deals with the struggles of surviving in that place.

Setting: this book takes place during the Middle ages. The characters in the book live in a kingdom whose government is controlled by a king. In this story, a king who previously ruled the kingdom wanted to kill off all the dragons that lived nearby. Because of this, the dragons that once lived near the kingdom have all been killed off by people sent by that king.

Genre: the genre of the book is fantasy. In the story, dragons were supposedly killed off around the kingdom where the protagonist (Eliana) lives. The text even says "...dragons flew among the mountain peaks, caring for their young in caves..." (Evans, p. 1). Since dragons are mythical creatures that exist/existed in this world, this book would be a fantasy story.

Archetypes: the archetype of this book is a mix of "the quest" and "overcoming the monster." This is because the main character is trying to win the egg hunt while also trying to stop the IOI company from winning the hunt.

Summary: so far, the story of the book is about a boy, named Wade, participating in a scavenger hunt event in a popular video game called the OASIS. The prize for winning this hunt gets to become the owner of the OASIS. Wade is trying to win the hunt before a greedy company wins to make the game more expensive and less appealing to players.

Conflict: the conflict in this book so far is character vs character. The main character (Wade) is trying to win a hunt/competition within the OASIS where he and other people try to find different easter eggs within the game put in by the main developer of the game. Because he is competing against other people, it is character vs character.

Predictions: I predict either Wade, Aech (Wade's friend), or both of them will win the hunt/contest in the story. In page 45, Aech talks about someone who's not really knowledgeable about the hunt (who goes by I-r0k) and says, "...if most of the other gunters are out there are as clueless as I-r0k...that means you and I really do have a shot at winning the contest." Because they are smarter they could win.

Point of View: This book is being told in first person by Wade. When you read the first page, it says "I was sitting in my hideout watching cartoons when the news bulletin broke on my video feed...". The text uses words like "my," and "I," inferring that this book is being told in first person.

Protagonist: the protagonist of this book is a kid name Wade. We don't really know how old he is because all the book says so far is "Kids my age" (P.1). But we do know his name thanks to the "preview/about section" or whatever it's called that's usually on the back of the book. Not much has happened, but Wade likes video games.

SETTING: The current setting of this book is Long Island, New York, during 1941. The title shows the location and setting of the book and it is mentioned several times in the book that the characters are in the state of New York. It also shows the dates of Madeline's diary entries so we know what time the events in the book took place. Plus, World War II is heavily involved in the plot of the story.

GENRE: The genre of this book is historical fiction. You can obviously tell by the title of the book because it has "World War II" in it. You can also tell by the fact that the main character's father is fighting in the war, and also the fact that the war is involved in the main story. (if you're confused why I'm writing this, this was a class assignment)

So far I really enjoy this book. It shows the life of a girl from the 1940s experiencing World War II. I love reading about the many things going on in her life like her trying to find friends, to looking out for her father who's in the war. So far the main character (Madeline) has made friends (or maybe something more, who knows?) with a classmate named Johnny. She has also befriended a girl named Clara (I think).