John Hulett’s Reviews > Skink—No Surrender > Status Update

SUMMARY: Richard Sloan sets off to try and find his cousin Malley that had ran away from home. The book is based in Flordia around 2000's. Malley had ran away because of her mental health. She faked going to boarding school and instead went with someone who's trying to be someone who had died. The story is told in 1st person point of view. Richard is talking in a chronological narrative.

CONFLICT: The story's conflict is two different types. Character vs character and character vs self. A example from the book I can give you for character vs character is that Richard Sloan set out on a mission to find his missing cousin that ran away. An example for Character vs self is Malley running away because of her mental health that is bad.

PREDICTIONS: What i'm predicting in the book is that Richard's cousin that ran away is going to get killed by the person that is faking fake Talbo Chock. I think this because Malley (which is Richards cousin) has been missing for a while and she sounded like something was happening to her. In the text it was saying that she was talking in a different tone also.

The point of view of Skink- No Surrender is told by 1st person point of view. I know this because in the book Richard is the one that narrates the story. He narrates it because Richard says I on page 6 and me on page 9 in the novel. And also, He says "we" on page 39.

Protagonist- The protagonist in this story is Richard. He is the protagonist because he knows what happened to his cousin Malley, that went missing. I know this because in the text it states "Very calmly I said"there is not such thing as early orientation at the Twigg Academy. I called and checked." "What?You. Did. Not!" You're so busted, " I said " Tell me where you really are. " She told her but I don't have room.

So the setting is the beach and a house. The characters are Malley, Richard Sloan, and Skink. Malley keeps sneaking out the house and going to the beach. Then, at the beach Richard found this guy in a turtle nest looking to steal eggs to sell them. Next, Rhichard can't find Malley at the beach and now he is scared for Malley.