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Analysis Of Trouble By Gary D. Schmidt

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In the book Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt it's all about how living far from from trouble can still lead to trouble finding you.Many times in the story you can find that the dad says "if you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you," but he was wrong.When the town's star athlete was injured and it was life threatening the main character named Henry realized Trouble has come and "if you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you," his own home.Unfortunately Franklin did die.Before he did Franklin and Henry were going to go on a thrilling adventure.After he did die Henry embarked on the journey but his friend and his dog tagged along.To start the adventure they needed a

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