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The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

Written by Michelle Hodkin

Prezi by Karen E.

Setting

Genre

Originally Rhode Island

Moves to Miami, Florida

Characters

Paranormal

Present Day

Teen

Protagonist- Mara Dyer

During the school year

Romance

Supporting - Jamie Roth, Noah Shaw, Mara's Family, Rachel

Antgonist- Mara's mind

Supporting Antagonists - Anna, Mara's Mother's "Treatments" for Mara, Jude, Claire

Conflict

Resolution

Mara's best friend, boyfriend, and his sister die in the collapse of an old asylum. Mara, though, is left unharmed. She slipped into a coma, and when she woke up, found she has a new problem: mental unstability. When her family moves to Florida to, (hopefully), escape Mara's insanity, she starts at a new school. Her first enemy is made, the ex-girlfriend of Mara's new boyfriend, Noah Shaw. She keep seeing her ex around her school, though. Dismissing it as just her mental problems, she goes on, still trying to escape. When the secrets she had forgotten from the death of her friends start coming back, though, things turn upside down as the mystery surrounding why she hadn't been harmed unravels.

Theme

At the end of the book, Mara finds out about her power and uses it the wrong way. And I believe the reason Michelle Hodkin wrote the book the way she did was to send the message to use your powers for good, and to also not allow rage to overwhelm you. Even if your lawyer-of-a-dad's client is the guy who took your little brother.

Soon, things go straight from strangely abnormal to freakishly weird. When Mara's little brother is taken, a fire rises up inside of her, feeding to her rage. Upon finding out who took him, she plans a way to use her powers, the ability to kill by planning out a person's death, to get rid of the man. When her father gets shot in the crossfire, the fire dies and leaves her feeling guilty. Finally deciding to give up, she goes to the police station to turn herself in. But when she sees her ex, the fact he's still alive turns her into a screaming wreck of guilt and hatred.

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