a women, Claire Malloy, who owns a book depot and lives in a little town called Thurberfest. Her book depot is a shabby, dusty, disorganized bookstore but it is "her" shabby, dusty, disorganized bookstore. Claire has a daughter who is 15 years old. Claire's friend, Luanne Bradshaw, had broken her ankle due to a losse nail on the theater stage. Luanne was the director for the second annual Miss Thurberfest teen beauty pageant. Luanne had asked her good friend Claire to fill in. After many times of Claire saying"No" in all different ways, she still ended up giving in to Luanne and helping her out. Claire didn't believe Beauty Pageants were ethical, but she still helps her friend anyway. Caron, Claire's daughter, was so excited about her mother directing the pageant. One of Caron's friends, Julianna, was a contestant in the pageant, and she was hoping to win the money to help her get into a college.

After Claire agreeing to the job she run into all of these complication of bing the advisor. Cyndi Hay was the last year's Miss Thurberfest, and she was at the rehearsals helping out and practicing her opening act. She was running this year but she crowned the

Caron Malloy is Claire's daughter and an only child. She is fifteen and at a melodramatic age. Fifteen is a gawky, self-centered, pimply, confused age, which on one wears gracefully, and Caron is no exception. She had red hair and freckles, and is starting to mature to look like Claire, her mother. Caron did not play an antagonist or parotagonist part int eh novel, but she had a great deal of

Claire didn't know what to do was all of this coincidence or was someone really out to kill her. She just had to find out. The next day was the day of the Pagenat and the pareade. Cindy Jay and Senator Steve Stevenson were supposed to ride in the convertible. But when the driver had come to pick them up, Annie, thedriver was drunk out of his mind. So Claire on top of all of the things she had to get done, was the driver. Everything was going good until there was a loud shot. Someone had shot a gun and a bullet when between Cindy and Steve. Claire got so nervous that she sped out of the parade and to somewhere safe. She wasn't quite sure what was happening but she knew someone was almost shot. Both Cindy was convinced someone was out to kill her, but Steve thought he was the victim because of political reason, and jealousies. But whoever was the victim, they were almost merely killed.

Cindy Jay is last years first Miss Thurberfest. She is pretty and charming and has everything every girl has ever wanted. So pretty much she is spoiled. But her parents had passed away so she was under great aunt's care until Eunice came. Eunice is her trainer and takes full control of Cindy. Cindy is an antagonist and she ended up doing everything for press. She is a believable character. Eunice is Cindy's trainer and does everything for Cindy. She was very strick about what Cindy ate, did, and the was she slept! There wasn't much about her, but the things that were discribed about her didn't make her believable.

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Approximate Word count = 2531
Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page double spaced)