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Conflict Development In The Dollar Kids By Jennifer Richard Jacobson

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The Dollar Kids by Jennifer Richard Jacobson has an amazing conflict development. The main character is Lowen, who deals with depression as his best friend Abe dies in a shooting at Giorgio's and Lowen blames himself for it. Then when he thinks he can’t stop thinking about his friend’s death, he picks up an article that states “Here in Millville, you can win the prize of a one dollar house!” This makes Lowen think that he can escape the bad memories of his town. When his family and him go to Millville, they realize that the town is not as great as the paper showed. When Lowen and his family moved into the house, they didn’t help to notice but they were moving in right next to a funeral home. This made Lowen even more upset because he was hoping

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