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It takes place in the fictional town of Paraffin, Vermont. Our hero is Poppy Palladino, a teenage girl who wants to be an actor, but is haunted by memories of being humiliated multiple times in the past, especially by a bully named Blake Bursaw. Paraffin is home to the Grosholtz Candle Factory, a popular tourist site. While taking a tour in the factory, Poppy wanders off into a secret workroom where she meets Madame Grosholtz, an eccentric maker of wax sculptures. Soon after, the factory mysteriously burns down, but not before Poppy is given a living wax sculpture, who she names Dud, and a candle engraved with a strange message.
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It takes place in the fictional town of Paraffin, Vermont. Our hero is Poppy Palladino, a teenage girl who wants to be an actor, but is haunted by memories of being humiliated multiple times in the past, especially by a bully named Blake Bursaw. Paraffin is home to the Grosholtz Candle Factory, a popular tourist site. While taking a tour in the factory, Poppy wanders off into a secret workroom where she meets Madame Grosholtz, an eccentric maker of wax sculptures.{{sculptures}}. Soon after, the factory mysteriously burns down, but not before Poppy is given a living wax sculpture, who she names Dud, and a candle engraved with a strange message.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Played with. Dud, who is for the most part a silly goofball, has just a tiny fraction of [[spoiler:Marie Tussaud's soul]] within him, and in the climax, this piece comes to life, and [[spoiler:Tussaud briefly takes over Dud's body, frightening the Chandlers]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Poppy's friend Jill is much more stoic and snarky than Poppy. When Poppy rescues her from [[spoiler:the Chandlers' factory]], Jill is initially disappointed that it took Poppy so long to realize that she was in danger.
* TheDitz: Dud doesn't understand how the world works, and acts like a curious but bumbling child. Justified because he really was just brought to life.
* DeadpanSnarker: Poppy's friend Jill is much more stoic and snarky than Poppy. When Poppy rescues her from [[spoiler:the Chandlers' factory]], Jill is initially disappointed that it took Poppy so long to realize that she was in danger.
* TheDitz: Dud doesn't understand how the world works, and acts like a curious but bumbling child. Justified because he really was just brought to life.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The theater club. It includes Poppy, a girl who is infamous InUniverse for being humiliated multiple times in the post, a school janitor, and a kid who smokes pot and [[spoiler:makes flamethrowers out of squirt guns]].
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The theater club. It includes Poppy, a girl who is infamous InUniverse for being humiliated multiple times in the post, past, a school janitor, and a kid who smokes pot and [[spoiler:makes flamethrowers out of squirt guns]].
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''Wax'' is a young adult mystery novel by Gina Damico (author of ''Literature/{{Croak}}''. It was published in 2016.
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''Wax'' is a young adult mystery novel by Gina Damico (author of ''Literature/{{Croak}}''.''Literature/{{Croak}}''). It was published in 2016.
* ImmortalitySeeker: Marie Tussaud is revealed to have been this in the past, although her intentions were benign - she simply wanted more time to continue her craft. [[spoiler:The Chandlers]] turn out to be more sinister versions, however, being willing to [[spoiler:KillAndReplace the population of]] an entire town, and maybe more later on, despite it not being necessary for them to continue living.
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* ImmortalitySeeker: Marie Tussaud is revealed to have been this in the past, although her intentions were benign - she simply wanted more time to continue her craft. [[spoiler:The Chandlers]] turn out to be more sinister versions, however, being willing to [[spoiler:KillAndReplace the population of]] an entire town, and maybe more later on, despite it not being necessary for them to continue living.
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* AlliterativeName: Poppy Palladino, Blake Bursaw.
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* OneWordTitle: As a reference to the town of Paraffin, where its set, and wax sculptures and candles, which are relevant to the plot.
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* InfernalBackground: In one scene, [[spoiler:Anita Chandler]], one of [[BigBadDuumvirate the two main antagonists]], is described as appearing to glow because of a fire behind her. This happens as she grins, having come up with a plan to cover up her attempt to attack one of the heroes - [[VillainWithGoodPublicity she wouldn't want to hurt her PR, after all]].
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* BittersweetEnding: Poppy saves Paraffin, although there are quite a few people who did not survive - including [[spoiler:Dud.]] Also, it's implied that [[spoiler:the Chandlers may have a way to return]], but the chances of that are slim.
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* MurderousMannequin: Most of the living wax mannequins are controlled by [[spoiler:the HiveMind of the two main antagonists]], made for the purpose of [[spoiler:killing and replacing everyone in town]]. Dud is an exception - despite being a living mannequin too, he is completely unconnected to the evil plot. Jill is suspicious of him at one point, and tries to convince Poppy that Dud is evil, but [[spoiler:this is just a front to hide that she herself has been replaced with a mannequin.]]
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Things just get stranger from there, and Poppy must save the entire town from a sinister conspiracy that stems from hundreds of years ago. She becomes unsure of who she can trust, but Dud, her best friend Jill, and her school theater club, she must make a plan.
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Things just get stranger from there, and Poppy must save the entire town from a sinister conspiracy that stems from hundreds of years ago. She becomes unsure of who she can trust, but with the help of Dud, her best friend Jill, and her school theater club, she must make a plan.
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''Wax'' is a young adult mystery novel by Gina Damico (author of ''Literature/{{Croak}}''. It takes place in the fictional town of Paraffin, Vermont. Our hero is Poppy Palladino, a teenage girl who wants to be an actor, but is haunted by memories of being humiliated multiple times in the past, especially by a bully named Blake Bursaw. Paraffin is home to the Grosholtz Candle Factory, a popular tourist site. While taking a tour in the factory, Poppy wanders off into a secret workroom where she meets Madame Grosholtz, an eccentric maker of wax sculptures. Soon after, the factory mysteriously burns down, but not before Poppy is given a living wax sculpture, who she names Dud, and a candle engraved with a strange message. Things just get stranger from there, and Poppy must save the entire town from a sinister conspiracy that stems from hundreds of years ago. She becomes unsure of who she can trust, but Dud, her best friend Jill, and her school theater club, she must make a plan.
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''Wax'' is a young adult mystery novel by Gina Damico (author of ''Literature/{{Croak}}''. It was published in 2016.
It takes place in the fictional town of Paraffin, Vermont. Our hero is Poppy Palladino, a teenage girl who wants to be an actor, but is haunted by memories of being humiliated multiple times in the past, especially by a bully named Blake Bursaw. Paraffin is home to the Grosholtz Candle Factory, a popular tourist site. While taking a tour in the factory, Poppy wanders off into a secret workroom where she meets Madame Grosholtz, an eccentric maker of wax sculptures. Soon after, the factory mysteriously burns down, but not before Poppy is given a living wax sculpture, who she names Dud, and a candle engraved with a strangemessage. message.
Things just get stranger from there, and Poppy must save the entire town from a sinister conspiracy that stems from hundreds of years ago. She becomes unsure of who she can trust, but Dud, her best friend Jill, and her school theater club, she must make a plan.
It takes place in the fictional town of Paraffin, Vermont. Our hero is Poppy Palladino, a teenage girl who wants to be an actor, but is haunted by memories of being humiliated multiple times in the past, especially by a bully named Blake Bursaw. Paraffin is home to the Grosholtz Candle Factory, a popular tourist site. While taking a tour in the factory, Poppy wanders off into a secret workroom where she meets Madame Grosholtz, an eccentric maker of wax sculptures. Soon after, the factory mysteriously burns down, but not before Poppy is given a living wax sculpture, who she names Dud, and a candle engraved with a strange
Things just get stranger from there, and Poppy must save the entire town from a sinister conspiracy that stems from hundreds of years ago. She becomes unsure of who she can trust, but Dud, her best friend Jill, and her school theater club, she must make a plan.
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* KillAndReplace: The villains' plan is to [[spoiler:kill the residents of Paraffin and make them into candles, while replacing them with lifelike wax mannequins that they control using their HiveMind powers]].
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''Wax'' is a young adult mystery novel by Gina Damico (author of ''Literature/{{Croak}}''. It takes place in the fictional town of Paraffin, Vermont. Our hero is Poppy Palladino, a teenage girl who wants to be an actor, but is haunted by memories of being humiliated multiple times in the past, especially by a bully named Blake Bursaw. Paraffin is home to the Grosholtz Candle Factory, a popular tourist site. While taking a tour in the factory, Poppy wanders off into a secret workroom where she meets Madame Grosholtz, an eccentric maker of wax sculptures. Soon after, the factory mysteriously burns down, but not before Poppy is given a living wax sculpture, who she names Dud, and a candle engraved with a strange message. Things just get stranger from there, and Poppy must save the entire town from a sinister conspiracy that stems from hundreds of years ago. She becomes unsure of who she can trust, but Dud, her best friend Jill, and her school theater club, she must make a plan.
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!!Tropes found in ''Wax'' include:
* AlliterativeName: Poppy Palladino, Blake Bursaw.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Marie Tussaud is revealed to have effectively discovered the secret to immortality, by [[spoiler:placing her soul inside a wax sculpture]]. She later uses this skill to [[spoiler:place just a fraction of her spirit into Dud's body, to give him the knowledge needed to help Poppy save Paraffin]].
* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Anita and Preston Chandler]] are technically both equally responsible for the sinister plot that Poppy unravels, although [[spoiler:Anita]] seems to be the one more in control.
* BigGood: Madam Grosholtz/[[spoiler:Marie Tussaud]]. Once she realizes that [[spoiler:the Chandlers]] intend to use her skills for evil, she lays out a complex plan to help someone - and that someone turns out to be Poppy - end their reign of terror.
* GrumpyOldMan: Mr. Kosnitzky, a local curmudgeonly shopkeeper, ''hates'' teenagers, to the point that he acts as a truant officer for the school despite not actually being employed by them. At one point, the narrator describes him seeing a teenager in a FauxHorrific way just to emphasize how much he can't stand them.
* HiveMind: Nearly all of the wax sculptures, known as Hollows, are inhabited by the same two people.
* KillAndReplace: The villains' plan is to
* ImmortalitySeeker: Marie Tussaud is revealed to have been this in the past, although her intentions were benign - she simply wanted more time to continue her craft. [[spoiler:The Chandlers]] turn out to be more sinister versions, however, being willing to [[spoiler:KillAndReplace the population of]] an entire town, and maybe more later on, despite it not being necessary for them to continue living.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The theater club. It includes Poppy, a girl who is infamous InUniverse for being humiliated multiple times in the post, a school janitor, and a kid who smokes pot and [[spoiler:makes flamethrowers out of squirt guns]].
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Frightened by the idea of living forever and being taken advantage of by [[spoiler:the Chandlers, Marie Tussaud decides to end her life.]]
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''Wax'' is a young adult mystery novel by Gina Damico (author of ''Literature/{{Croak}}''. It takes place in the fictional town of Paraffin, Vermont. Our hero is Poppy Palladino, a teenage girl who wants to be an actor, but is haunted by memories of being humiliated multiple times in the past, especially by a bully named Blake Bursaw. Paraffin is home to the Grosholtz Candle Factory, a popular tourist site. While taking a tour in the factory, Poppy wanders off into a secret workroom where she meets Madame Grosholtz, an eccentric maker of wax sculptures. Soon after, the factory mysteriously burns down, but not before Poppy is given a living wax sculpture, who she names Dud, and a candle engraved with a strange message. Things just get stranger from there, and Poppy must save the entire town from a sinister conspiracy that stems from hundreds of years ago. She becomes unsure of who she can trust, but Dud, her best friend Jill, and her school theater club, she must make a plan.
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!!Tropes found in ''Wax'' include:
* AlliterativeName: Poppy Palladino, Blake Bursaw.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Marie Tussaud is revealed to have effectively discovered the secret to immortality, by [[spoiler:placing her soul inside a wax sculpture]]. She later uses this skill to [[spoiler:place just a fraction of her spirit into Dud's body, to give him the knowledge needed to help Poppy save Paraffin]].
* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Anita and Preston Chandler]] are technically both equally responsible for the sinister plot that Poppy unravels, although [[spoiler:Anita]] seems to be the one more in control.
* BigGood: Madam Grosholtz/[[spoiler:Marie Tussaud]]. Once she realizes that [[spoiler:the Chandlers]] intend to use her skills for evil, she lays out a complex plan to help someone - and that someone turns out to be Poppy - end their reign of terror.
* GrumpyOldMan: Mr. Kosnitzky, a local curmudgeonly shopkeeper, ''hates'' teenagers, to the point that he acts as a truant officer for the school despite not actually being employed by them. At one point, the narrator describes him seeing a teenager in a FauxHorrific way just to emphasize how much he can't stand them.
* HiveMind: Nearly all of the wax sculptures, known as Hollows, are inhabited by the same two people.
* KillAndReplace: The villains' plan is to
* ImmortalitySeeker: Marie Tussaud is revealed to have been this in the past, although her intentions were benign - she simply wanted more time to continue her craft. [[spoiler:The Chandlers]] turn out to be more sinister versions, however, being willing to [[spoiler:KillAndReplace the population of]] an entire town, and maybe more later on, despite it not being necessary for them to continue living.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The theater club. It includes Poppy, a girl who is infamous InUniverse for being humiliated multiple times in the post, a school janitor, and a kid who smokes pot and [[spoiler:makes flamethrowers out of squirt guns]].
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Frightened by the idea of living forever and being taken advantage of by [[spoiler:the Chandlers, Marie Tussaud decides to end her life.]]
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