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* AbandonedArea: [[spoiler:The mansion, where Kitty claims to live, hasn't been inhabited in fifty years. Most of the windows are boarded up, and the ceiling has collapsed in several places. Nate's mum went in to look for firewood but fell through a hole in the floor, and isn't discovered until Nate goes into the mansion to look for Kitty.]]
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* AbandonedArea: [[spoiler:The mansion, where Kitty claims to live, hasn't been inhabited in fifty years. Most of the windows are boarded up, and the ceiling has collapsed in several places. Nate's mum went in to look for firewood but fell through a hole in the floor, and isn't discovered until floor. Nate finds her, injured and dehydrated but alive, when he goes into the mansion to look for Kitty.]]
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* SayMyName: Nate yells Kitty's name as he runs around the mansion looking for her.
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* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Imaginary friends leave when they aren't needed anymore. Sam leaves after Nate's mum is found, even though Nate begs him to stay.]]
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* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Kitty has been wandering the grounds for so long, she's forgotten she's an imaginary friend. She tells Nate her father is Charlotte's brother James, and they live in the few usable rooms in the abandoned mansion. By the end of the book, she's remembered who she is, and she says goodbye to Charlotte's memory and goes off in search of another child.]]
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* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Kitty has been wandering the grounds for so long, she's forgotten she's an imaginary friend. She tells Nate her father is that she's the ImpoverishedPatrician daughter of Charlotte's older brother James, and they live that her family lives in the few usable rooms in the abandoned mansion. By the end of the book, she's remembered who she is, and she says goodbye to Charlotte's memory and goes off in search of another child.]]
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* CallingParentsByTheirName: Kitty refers to her dad as James. Nate thinks it's weird, but thinks it's because she's posh.
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* CallingParentsByTheirName: Kitty refers to her dad as James. Nate thinks it's weird, but thinks it's because she's posh. [[spoiler:It's actually because James isn't really her father.]]
* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Kitty has been wandering the grounds for so long, she's forgotten she's an imaginary friend. She tells Nate her father is Charlotte's brother James, and they live in the few usable rooms in the abandoned mansion. By the end of the book, she's remembered who she is, and she says goodbye to Charlotte's memory and goes off in search of another child.]]
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: [[spoiler:Nate assumes Kitty is a spoiled rich kid. In fact, her father's business has failed, and her family lives in poverty on the increasingly overgrown property.]]
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Kitty is an imaginary friend, just like Sam. She was the friend of Charlotte, a six-year-old girl who used to live in the mansion, until Charlotte got lost in the HedgeMaze and froze to death.]]
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Eleven-year-old Nate and his mum hide out in a run-down cottage in the woods to escape from Gary, Nate's emotionally abusive stepfather. Just as they're getting settled in, Nate's mum disappears, leaving him all alone. As Nate tries to survive on his own, his childhood ImaginaryFriend Sam suddenly reappears, saying Nate needs him again. Shortly after that, he meets a girl named Kitty who lives in the nearby mansion and is hunting for treasure on the grounds.
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Eleven-year-old Nate and his mum hide out in a run-down cottage in the woods to escape from Gary, Nate's emotionally abusive stepfather. Just as they're getting settled in, Nate's mum disappears, leaving him all alone. As Nate tries to survive on his own, his childhood ImaginaryFriend Sam suddenly reappears, saying Nate needs him again. Shortly after that, he meets a girl named Kitty who lives in the nearby mansion and is Kitty, who's hunting for treasure on the grounds.grounds of the nearby mansion.
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** William died just a few months ago, so Nate's mum expects the cottage to be in decent shape. Instead, they find that it hasn't been maintained in years. The paint's worn off, there's a hole in the window, the garden is a jungle of weeds, and a chicken has moved in and covered the sofa with droppings.
** [[spoiler:Kitty is evasive about the mansion where her family lives, going out of her way to prevent Nate from seeing it. When he finally does see it, he finds that most of the windows are boarded up, and there are holes in the roof. Kitty tells him that only a few rooms are usable.]]
** William died just a few months ago, so Nate's mum expects the cottage to be in decent shape. Instead, they find that it hasn't been maintained in years. The paint's worn off, there's a hole in the window, the garden is a jungle of weeds, and a chicken has moved in and covered the sofa with droppings.
** [[spoiler:Kitty is evasive about the mansion where her family lives, going out of her way to prevent Nate from seeing it. When he finally does see it, he finds that most of the windows are boarded up, and there are holes in the roof. Kitty tells him that only a few rooms are usable.]]
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**HorribleHousing: William died just a few months ago, so Nate's mum expects the cottage to be in decent shape. Instead, they find that it hasn't been maintained in years. The paint's worn off, there's a hole in the window, the garden is a jungle of weeds, and a chicken has moved in and covered the sofa with droppings.
** [[spoiler:Kitty is evasive about the mansion where her family lives, going out of her way to prevent Nate from seeing it. When he finally does see it, he finds that most of the windows are boarded up, and there are holes in the roof. Kitty tells him that only a few rooms are usable.]]droppings.
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* LittleKnownFacts: Nate's favorite book, ''Freaky Things to Freak You Out'', is full of information like "A man from Brazil has a pet maggot living in his eyelid" and "A rhesus macaque named Mike delivers the mail to the Himalayan village of Konapanthi every day." Nate's mum tells him the book is full of lies, and he gradually realizes she's telling the truth. [[spoiler:Although it does help him solve one of the riddles by teaching him what an ice house is.]]
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* LittleKnownFacts: Nate's favorite book, ''Freaky Things to Freak You Out'', is full of information like "A man from Brazil has a pet maggot living in his eyelid" and "A rhesus macaque named Mike delivers the mail to the Himalayan village of Konapanthi every day." Nate's mum tells him the book is full of lies, and he gradually realizes she's telling the truth. [[spoiler:Although it does help him solve one two of the riddles by teaching him what an ice house is.is and how to identify the Orion constellation.]]
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* LaughingAtYourOwnJokes: As Kitty and Nate walk though a HedgeMaze, Kitty says, "William has left something a-maze-ing, I just know it. Get it? A-maze-ing?" and laughs.
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* RiddleMeThis: The treasure hunt has rhyming clues written by William.
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Eleven-year-old Nate and his mum hide out in a run-down cottage in the woods to escape from Gary, Nate's emotionally abusive stepfather. Just as they're getting settled in, Nate's mum disappears, leaving him all alone. As Nate tries to survive on his own, his childhood ImaginaryFriend Sam suddenly reappears, saying Nate needs him again. Shortly after that, he meets a girl named Kitty who's who lives in the nearby mansion and is hunting for treasure on the grounds of the nearby mansion.grounds.
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: [[spoiler:Nate assumes Kitty is a spoiled rich kid. In fact, her father's business has failed, and her family lives in poverty on the increasingly overgrown property.]]
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Eleven-year-old Nate and his mum hide out in a run-down cottage in the woods to escape from Gary, Nate's emotionally abusive stepfather. Just as they're getting settled in, Nate's mum disappears, leaving him all alone. As Nate tries to survive on his own, his childhood ImaginaryFriend Sam suddenly reappears, saying Nate needs him again. Shortly after that, he meets a girl named Kitty who's hunting for treasure on the grounds of the nearby castle.mansion.
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* SurpriseParty: On Nate's twelfth birthday, Sam invites a bunch of his fellow imaginary friends to the cottage. They yell "SURPRISE!" when Nate gets downstairs.
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* DisappearedDad: When Nate was six, his dad moved to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity to be with his American girlfriend, Carrie. He and Nate haven't seen much of each other since then.
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* DisappearedDad: When Nate was six, his dad moved to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity to be with his American girlfriend, Carrie. He used to say he was going to visit, and then cancel because he was too busy. He did visit a year later, but Nate was so angry that he insulted him and told him how much better Gary was. They haven't seen much of each other since then.since.
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* DisappearedDad: When Nate was six, his dad left his mom and moved to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity to be with his American girlfriend, Carrie. He and Nate haven't seen much of each other since then.
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* MessOfWoe: After Nate's parents split up, his mum got really thin and stopped doing anything around the house. Her parents used to come over to make sure Nate's uniform was clean and there was food in the cupboards.
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* DisappearedDad: Nate's parents split up when he When Nate was six. He and six, his dad left his mom and moved to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity to be with his American girlfriend, Carrie. He and Nate haven't seen much of each other since then.
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* DisappearedDad: Nate's parents split up when he was little.six. He and his dad haven't seen much of each other since then.
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* HorribleHousing: William died just a few months ago, so Nate's mum expects it to be in decent shape. Instead, they find that it hasn't been maintained in years. The paint's worn off, there's a hole in the window, the garden is a jungle of weeds, and a chicken has moved in and covered the sofa with droppings.
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** William died just a few months ago, so Nate's mum expectsit the cottage to be in decent shape. Instead, they find that it hasn't been maintained in years. The paint's worn off, there's a hole in the window, the garden is a jungle of weeds, and a chicken has moved in and covered the sofa with droppings.droppings.
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* TheHermit: William rarely left his cottage or spoke to anyone in the years leading up to his death.
* HorribleHousing: The cottage belonged to a friend of Grandma's who died just a few months ago, so Nate's mum expects it to be in decent shape. Instead, they find that it hasn't been maintained in years. The paint's worn off, there's a hole in the window, the garden is a jungle of weeds, and a chicken has moved in and covered the sofa with droppings.
* HorribleHousing: The cottage belonged to a friend of Grandma's who died just a few months ago, so Nate's mum expects it to be in decent shape. Instead, they find that it hasn't been maintained in years. The paint's worn off, there's a hole in the window, the garden is a jungle of weeds, and a chicken has moved in and covered the sofa with droppings.
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* TheHermit: William William, the cottage's previous owner, rarely left his the cottage or spoke to anyone in the years leading up to his death.
* HorribleHousing:The cottage belonged to a friend of Grandma's who William died just a few months ago, so Nate's mum expects it to be in decent shape. Instead, they find that it hasn't been maintained in years. The paint's worn off, there's a hole in the window, the garden is a jungle of weeds, and a chicken has moved in and covered the sofa with droppings.
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* LittleKnownFacts: Nate's favorite book, ''Freaky Things to Freak You Out'', is full of information like "A man from Brazil has a pet maggot living in his eyelid" and "A rhesus macaque named Mike delivers the mail to the Himalayan village of Konapanthi every day." Nate's mum tells him the book is full of lies, and he gradually realizes she's telling the truth. [[spoiler:Although it does help him solve one of the riddles by teaching him what an ice house is.]]
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* CallingParentsByTheirName: Kitty refers to her dad as James. Nate thinks it's weird, but thinks it's because she's posh.
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* ParentWithNewParamour: At first Gary seemed like a type 2. Nate was afraid he'd monopolize his mum's attention, but he seemed really nice and always included Nate when they went out. His cruel, controlling personality only became apparent after he moved in.
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* HandshakeRefusal: Kitty sticks out her hand when she introduces herself to Nate. Nate has never shaken hands with another kid, so instead he folds his arms and nods.
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* IdiotHair: In a flashback, Nate's mum unsuccessfully tries to smooth a tuft of hair on his head in preparation for Gary moving in.
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* ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore: On their second day in the cottage, Nate's mum drives to the nearest supermarket. Nate is afraid Gary will find her if she leaves, but she points out that there's hardly any food in the cottage and promises to bring back a pizza and a chocolate cake. She never returns.
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''The Light Jar'' is a 2019 middle grade novel by Lisa Thompson.
Eleven-year-old Nate and his mum hide out in a run-down cottage in the woods to escape from Gary, Nate's emotionally abusive stepfather. Just as they're getting settled in, Nate's mum disappears, leaving him all alone. As Nate tries to survive on his own, he meets a girl named Kitty who's hunting for treasure on the grounds of the nearby castle.
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!!''The Light Jar'' contains examples of:
* HorribleHousing: The cottage belonged to a friend of Grandma's who died just a few months ago, so Nate's mum expects it to be in decent shape. Instead, they find that it hasn't been maintained in years. The paint's worn off, there's a hole in the window, the garden is a jungle of weeds, and a chicken has moved in and covered the sofa with droppings.
* SecurityBlanket: Mrs. Ellie-Fant, a stuffed toy Nate's had since he was a baby. He brings her with him when he and his mum run away.
* TakingTheKids: Nate's mum wakes him in the middle of the night, telling to pack so they can go on holiday. They drive off in Gary's car hours before he's due to get back from a business trip.
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Eleven-year-old Nate and his mum hide out in a run-down cottage in the woods to escape from Gary, Nate's emotionally abusive stepfather. Just as they're getting settled in, Nate's mum disappears, leaving him all alone. As Nate tries to survive on his own, he meets a girl named Kitty who's hunting for treasure on the grounds of the nearby castle.
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!!''The Light Jar'' contains examples of:
* HorribleHousing: The cottage belonged to a friend of Grandma's who died just a few months ago, so Nate's mum expects it to be in decent shape. Instead, they find that it hasn't been maintained in years. The paint's worn off, there's a hole in the window, the garden is a jungle of weeds, and a chicken has moved in and covered the sofa with droppings.
* SecurityBlanket: Mrs. Ellie-Fant, a stuffed toy Nate's had since he was a baby. He brings her with him when he and his mum run away.
* TakingTheKids: Nate's mum wakes him in the middle of the night, telling to pack so they can go on holiday. They drive off in Gary's car hours before he's due to get back from a business trip.
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