Midwinterblood By Marcus Sedgwick: Chapter Analysis

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Blog response #1 In the book Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick many things have started to catch my attention such as the prospect of tea in the first story. Several times throughout the first story the tea is mentioned and given to Eric Seven. What I find interesting is that fact that the tea seems to have an effect on him. Merle talks about the effects of the tea when talking to him one evening. ""... That helps. And tea, that tea you had will help you sleep. Here"" (17). This is only the first time the readers start to see how this is not a normal cup of tea. My particular interest in the use of this language started when they had Eric drink tea almost every time he was at Tor's house. Toe is also very persistent on Eric drinking the

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