The characters are Susan Selky, Alexander's mother and a psychiatrist, Alexander Graham Selky Jr, a 6 year old boy, the son of Susan Selky, Graham Selky, the father of Alex, and the ex-husband of Susan, Jocelyn, Susan's best friend who's little daughter Justine go to school with Alex, Detective Al Menetti, the detective who help investigates the missing of Alex, Malvina Roberts, the lady who tips the people off where Alex is.

The conflict happens when Susan gets this lead from a crazy lady named Malvina Roberts who calls in from Connecticut and says that the devil has Alex next door in her neighbors house. The police doesn't believe her at first. Then Detective Menetti tells Susan and she says check it out it might be the real lead. Menetti then goes over to Connecticut and find out if there really is a boy there. He goes over to the house that Malvina tells him. Then this guy come with a little boy, Alex's description. Menetti then

ursts in the room asking Susan where their son is, because the police called him. Susan and the Detective then explain to him what happened.

The plot of the novel is Susan Selky, she lets her little boy Alex walk to school and from because he is a responsible 6 year old boy. When Alex leaves the house in the morning he never returns home. Susan gets scared, and calls Jocelyn, her friend and asks if her daughter saw Alex in school. Jocelyn says no, Alex wasn't in school. Susan then calls the police and tells them her son is missing.

The theme in the story is that even thought you think that a little child is capable of being independent because they act responsibly, that is not possible they all need a grownup figure to guide them in the right direction. Each child need to be taken care of until they are older to be independent. They may be responsible but they still need to be led the right way by a parent, because they can't always depend on themselves.

This novel is about a mother named Susan Selky who let

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Approximate Word count = 695
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)