By: Betsy Byars

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Summer of the Swans

• By Betsy Byars
• Power Point Presentation
• By Alexa

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Characters

• Sara- 14 years old always sticks up for Charlie
• Charlie- Saras little brother who has
  disabilities
• Wanda- Saras 19 year old sister

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Type of Book

• Realistic Fiction
• Drama

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Characters 2

• Aunt Willie- Saras Aunt who is taking care of
  her
• Mary- Saras good friend
• Joe Melby- Saras classmate

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Summary 1

• Everyone just hang around Saras house. Wanda
  had to argue with Aunt Willie to go see the swans
  with her boy friend, but Wanda goes anyway. Later
  Aunt Willie tells Sara to take Charlie the see
  the swans, and she sees Mary on the way. When
  they got there Charlie loves the swan and Sara
  has to drag Charlie home. Then they go home and
  go to bed.

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Summary 2

• While they are sleeping, Charlie thinks he sees
  a swan outside and he tries to go to the pond,
  but he never found it. He traveled really far.
  When Sara woke up, Aunt Willie tells Sara to go
  get Charlie. She looks everywhere around the
  house and he wasnt there. Then Sara goes to the
  pond and when she knows hes not there, Aunt
  Willie calls the police.

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Summary 3

• Sara goes with Mary and Joe (even though before
  Sara thought he stole Charlies watch.) they went
  to look for Charlie. Then Joe found Charlies
  slipper, and Mary went to tell the police where
  to look. Joe and Sara look all over the place to
  find Charlie.

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Setting

• West Virginia
• Near Mountains
• In a Neighborhood

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Opinion

• What I disliked
• Boring in the beginning a little

• What I liked
• Exciting to find out what happened next
• Short
• It seemed like a story that could really happen