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Character Analysis: Don T Get Caught
I am reading Don’t Get Caught by Kurt Dinan, and I am on page 286. This novel is about a teenager named Max who has no social life and very few friends. One night Max and four of his peers get framed for vandalizing their town's water tower. Max and his peers know that the Chaos Club is behind this immature prank. The five students create the Heist Club that resembles the Chaos Club. The goal for the heist club is to expose the Chaos Club because they got framed for a crime they did not commit. In this journal I will be predicting and characterizing.

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