Recommendation

This book was amazing and I really enjoyed it. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure. Its great and so suspenseful that it  kept me reading. This book was incredible and I loved every second I read it.



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The ending

The ending of Shift was not what I expected. I thought that Win died at the end of the book. The ending  kept me on the edge of my seat and it was very suspenceful and interesting. The whole book was good and I loved  it so much.




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Theme

The theme is that Chris thinks that the trip to Seattle will be fun with Win untill they have the fight in the Montana barn about friendship. Win thinks that the trip is an opportunity to get away from his father and live a whole new life in peace and to earn money from doing what he love the best, farming and helping the family who lost thier son.

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Character change

Chris changes into a more mature and self confident character and he develops that characteristic later on in the book. Win changes into a more mature guy who finally finds his dream life and gets away from the dad he wishes he never had.


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Shift

The author, Jennifer Bradbury, picked this title because the characters shifted their attitudes and personalities since they had a fight and last saw each other.  Shift also refers to them shifting their gears on their bikes on their cross country bike ride. Their fight was caused about them arguing of being a good friend.





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Conflict

The conflict is that Win and Chris get into a fight in a barn in Montana. It is a man vs man conflict because they are arguing and throwing punches at each other.  The conflict is about Win not being a good friend to Chris.





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Flashbacks

In the book, the author impliments  flashbacks every other chapter to  tell the reader what happened while they were on the bike ride, and then she switches over to the present so it informs you about what is happening after the bike ride.It flashes into the present when Chris is in college and then it goes back to the bike ride.  By using flashbacks, the author makes the story more suspenceful and entertaining.






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Plot

The plot of the book is that Win and Chris go on a bike ride across the country where they plan to meet Win's uncle in Seattle. They start from West Virgina. During the bike ride, Chris finds a lot of wadded cash in Win's black bag and decides to not talk about it. A couple days later, Win ditches Chris and stays in Concrete,Montana.





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Setting

Chris and Win ride their bikes across the U.S from West Virginia to Seattle.  Some of the cities that Chris and Win go through are: Pepin, Wisconsin; Concrete Montana; and lots of other cities and states. Win made it to Concrete Montana, and Chris got to where they should have gone, all the way up to Seattle.




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Characters

The main characters are: Chris, Win( Winston), Abe Ward, and Win's Dad. Win's Dad went to a rich college and was always manipulative and threatened people if they disobeyed him.  Abe Ward is a detective who has a perfect record and was sent out by Win's Dad, because Win had dissapeared and was carrying almost 20 grand in cash. Win was a foolish young kid who always got in trouble unless Chris was with him.  Chris was the more mature and responsible  kid out of the two, and he almost never got into  any trouble.




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