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* DeadPersonConversation: Ben fills notebooks with things he hears his mom tells him. He doesn't actually see her, since his eyes are closed.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Ben fills notebooks with things he hears his mom tells tell him. He doesn't actually see her, since his eyes are closed.
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* SoftGlass: Averted. When Zoey is trying to break into [[spoiler:the house where he dad is]], she tries to break the window by hand, and only succeeds in hurting her hand and elbow. She shoots a hole in the window and tries again, and this time there seems to be some give, but it's not nearly fast enough. In the end she breaks in using a different method.
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* SoftGlass: Averted. When Zoey is trying to break into [[spoiler:the house where he her dad is]], she tries to break the window by hand, and only succeeds in hurting her hand and elbow. She shoots a hole in the window and tries again, and this time there seems to be some give, but it's not nearly fast enough. In the end she breaks in using a different method.
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* {{Dedication}}: For Ray, Murray, and Derrick.
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* {{Dedication}}: For "For Ray, Murray, and Derrick.Derrick," referring to the author's husband, dog, and cat.
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* TheBroCode: Zoey's former best friend, Molly, hasn't talked to her since she slept with Molly's ex.
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* TheBroCode: Zoey's former best friend, Molly, friend Molly hasn't talked to her since she slept with Molly's ex.ex, Donald. Molly and Donald never seemed that into each other, and Molly didn't seem very upset about the breakup, so Zoey thought it would be okay, but Molly felt otherwise.
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* MrSmith: After Ben is shot in the arm, Zoey tells the hospital that his name is Hank Smith, and he was accidentally shot with a BB gun by his cousin Bob Smith.
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* SoftGlass: Averted. When Zoey is trying to break into [[spoiler:the house where he dad is]], she tries to break the window by hand, and only succeeds in hurting her hand and elbow. She shoots a hole in the window and tries again, and this time there seems to be some give, but it's not nearly fast enough. In the end she breaks in using a different method.
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* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: [[spoiler:When Zoey finds her dad, he says, "Leave me here. You shouldn't have come here." She ignores him.
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* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: [[spoiler:When Zoey finds her dad, he says, "Leave me here. You shouldn't have come here." She ignores him.]]
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* HeroicFireRescue: [[spoiler:When Zoey finds the house where her dad is being held, it's on fire. She breaks in by [[CarMeetsHouse driving a car through the locked door, then finding him tied up on the second floor. By the time she gets him free, there's fire in the hallway, so they both jump out the window, using the safe landing technique he taught her years ago.]]
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* HeroicFireRescue: [[spoiler:When Zoey finds the house where her dad is being held, it's on fire. She breaks in by [[CarMeetsHouse driving a car through the locked door, door]], then finding him tied up on the second floor. By the time she gets him free, there's fire in the hallway, so they both jump out the window, using the safe landing technique he taught her years ago.]]
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* HeroicFireRescue: [[spoiler:When Zoey finds the house where her dad is being held, it's on fire. She breaks in by [[CarMeetsHouse driving a car through the locked door, then finding him tied up on the second floor. By the time she gets him free, there's fire in the hallway, so they both jump out the window, using the safe landing technique he taught her years ago.]]
* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: [[spoiler:When Zoey finds her dad, he says, "Leave me here. You shouldn't have come here." She ignores him.
* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: [[spoiler:When Zoey finds her dad, he says, "Leave me here. You shouldn't have come here." She ignores him.
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* ResignationNotAccepted: [[spoiler:Zoey's mom was an assassin specializing in slow-acting poisons. She [[ContractOntheHitman was killed]] for wanting out.]]
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* ResignationNotAccepted: ResignationsNotAccepted: [[spoiler:Zoey's mom was an assassin specializing in slow-acting poisons. She [[ContractOntheHitman was killed]] for wanting out.]]
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Zoey's dad was an Creator/AynRand-obsessed libertarian. She breaks into his laptop by correctly guessing his password: [[Literature/AtlasShrugged JohnGalt]]123.
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Zoey's dad was is an Creator/AynRand-obsessed libertarian. She breaks into his laptop by correctly guessing his password: [[Literature/AtlasShrugged JohnGalt]]123.JohnGalt]]123.
* ResignationNotAccepted: [[spoiler:Zoey's mom was an assassin specializing in slow-acting poisons. She [[ContractOntheHitman was killed]] for wanting out.]]
* ResignationNotAccepted: [[spoiler:Zoey's mom was an assassin specializing in slow-acting poisons. She [[ContractOntheHitman was killed]] for wanting out.]]
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* PartingWordsRegret: The night Zoey's mom was murdered, she and Zoey got into a fight about why Zoey wouldn't study for a history test. Her mom walked out, saying she needed to cool off. Zoey yelled that she hated her. Her mom never came back from the walk.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Ben fills notebooks with things his mom tells him.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Ben fills notebooks with things he hears his mom tells him.him. He doesn't actually see her, since his eyes are closed.
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* JacobAndEsau: Zoey was always closer to her dad, and Ben was closer to his mom. Now that their mom is dead, Zoey regrets not making more of an effort to connect with her.
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* JacobAndEsau: Zoey was always closer to her their dad, and Ben was closer to his their mom. Now that their mom is dead, Zoey regrets not making more of an effort to connect with her.
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* CharacterTics: P.F. Greenawalt, a political consultant who helps Zoey investigate, runs his finger along the outside of his nostril and picks his ears, to Zoey's disgust.
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Zoey's dad was an Creator/AynRand-obsessed libertarian. She breaks into his laptop by correctly guessing his password: [=JohnGalt123=].
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Zoey's dad was an Creator/AynRand-obsessed libertarian. She breaks into his laptop by correctly guessing his password: [=JohnGalt123=].[[Literature/AtlasShrugged JohnGalt]]123.
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Zoey's dad was an Creator/AynRand-obsessed libertarian. She breaks into his laptop by correctly guessing his password: [=JohnGalt123=].
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* DeadPersonConversation: Ben fills notebooks with things his mom tells him.
* {{Dedication}}: For Ray, Murray, and Derrick.
* GroinAttack: At one point Zoey fights a man working with the kidnappers, using the martial arts skills her dad taught her. Her dad has actually advised her against aiming for the groin, since it's hard to get a good shot, but when the attacker gives her the opportunity, she kicks him in the crotch.
* {{Dedication}}: For Ray, Murray, and Derrick.
* GroinAttack: At one point Zoey fights a man working with the kidnappers, using the martial arts skills her dad taught her. Her dad has actually advised her against aiming for the groin, since it's hard to get a good shot, but when the attacker gives her the opportunity, she kicks him in the crotch.
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''Save the Enemy'' is a 2013 young adult novel by Arin Greenwood.
Seventeen-year-old Zoey Trask has recently moved from Warwick, Rhode Island to Alexandria, Virginia, where she attends an expensive private school. After her mother is murdered by a mugger, she's left with her father and her fourteen-year-old autistic brother Ben. Then her father is kidnapped and held for ransom for something called the J-file, which she's never heard of. Now she must solve the mystery of her father's disappearance with the help of Ben, who claims to be able to talk to their mother in dreams, and her handsome classmate Pete Ashburn.
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!!''Save the Enemy'' contains examples of:
* TheBroCode: Zoey's former best friend, Molly, hasn't talked to her since she slept with Molly's ex.
* HatesBeingTouched: Ben never let anyone touch him except his mom, and now that she's dead, he won't let anyone touch him at all.
* JacobAndEsau: Zoey was always closer to her dad, and Ben was closer to his mom. Now that their mom is dead, Zoey regrets not making more of an effort to connect with her.
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Seventeen-year-old Zoey Trask has recently moved from Warwick, Rhode Island to Alexandria, Virginia, where she attends an expensive private school. After her mother is murdered by a mugger, she's left with her father and her fourteen-year-old autistic brother Ben. Then her father is kidnapped and held for ransom for something called the J-file, which she's never heard of. Now she must solve the mystery of her father's disappearance with the help of Ben, who claims to be able to talk to their mother in dreams, and her handsome classmate Pete Ashburn.
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!!''Save the Enemy'' contains examples of:
* TheBroCode: Zoey's former best friend, Molly, hasn't talked to her since she slept with Molly's ex.
* HatesBeingTouched: Ben never let anyone touch him except his mom, and now that she's dead, he won't let anyone touch him at all.
* JacobAndEsau: Zoey was always closer to her dad, and Ben was closer to his mom. Now that their mom is dead, Zoey regrets not making more of an effort to connect with her.
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