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American Literature is important for todays modern student. It not only helps students learn American history, but it also teaches grammar, and helps with reading comprehension. The book Cryer's Cross is a mystery/romance. Kendall Fletcher, a high school senior from Cryer's Cross, Montana is madly in love with playing soccer with her "boyfriend" Nico Cruz and the rest of her soccer team. Everyone knows everyone in this small town and when Tiffany Quinn, a freshman student from the small one room classroom, disappears everybody is mortified of what happened to her. Nobody knows what happened to her and even through the curiosity of all, Kendall Fletcher is soon to be the only one who wants to find out. This book will appeal to the reader through its sense of mystery and romance. Cryer's Cross is a real "page turner". The book leaves the reader on the edge of their seat wanting more. …show more content…
The appeal of the two genres in the story relates to the themes of the story as well. The first theme that relates more to the romance genre is " you don’t know what you have until its gone". The second theme that relates to the mystery genre is, "Follow your instincts even if your unsure". These themes relate very closely to the genres throughout the
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