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Fade by Lisa Micmann Summary
Carina Arguelles
The tittle of the book is Fade by Lisa McMann. The main character is Janie. Janie is in her senior year and is going out with a boy named Cable. Cable is one of the main characters as well. The main problem in the story is that there is a sexual predator at Fieldridge High. Captain needs a volunteer to scope out the sexual predator. The job could be risky because nobody in Fieldridge High is talking. The problem in the book causes Janie to make decision. The decision affects many characters in the book and there are many reasonable arguments against and for the decision made.
The critical decision made was that Janie, the main character, chose to take the job of spotting out the sexual predator in Fieldridge High. There may be many consequences due to the decision made by Janie. Janie is an independent senior in high school. She isn’t used to people caring for her; she’s used to being on her own. Janie is also very secretive. Janie is secretive because if people found out her secret they would think that she’s crazy. Janie’s secret is that she can go into other people’s dreams. Janie made this decision because she wanted to prove that she could be important for once. She also wanted to show Cable that she can be successful in doing dangerous things such as scoping out a sexual predator. “Right. Only you are allowed to do something dangerous. Jeez, Cabe. It’s really not your decision” (Page 15).
The decision made by Janie affected many people. The main person the decision affected was Cable. The decision affected Cable because Cable loves Janie and he doesn’t want her to get hurt. Because Cable loves her, he has become more protective with Janie. The decision affected Cable more mentally and emotionally. Cable Also doesn’t want to share Janie with another man even if it scopes out a scandal. “Mentally? Emotionally? It’ll be harder on him. Because this love thing is foreign to Cable. And now that he has found Janie, he’s becoming increasingly protective of her. There is no man in the universe he wants to have to share with her. Especially a creep” (page 25).
There are many reasonable arguments against and for the decision that made. One presentable reason against the decision is that Janie may get hurt. She can also get raped or even worse possibly killed. “You could get hurt. Raped. My God…” (Page 23). Even though Janie will get backup from Captain and the police force there is a possibility of getting hurt. She may get hurt because the sexual predator is unknown and may be anyone.
The problem in the book causes Janie to make a decision. The decision affects many characters in the book and there many reasonable arguments against and for the decision made. The tittle of the book is Fade by Lisa McMann. The main character is Janie. The critical decision made was that Janie, the main character, chose to take the job of spotting out the sexual predator in Fieldridge High. The effect is Janie winds up being drugged but she finds the sexual predator. The decision was a sound decision. It was sound because Janie had backup from Captain and the rest of the police force.

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