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Night of the Whale Study Guide

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by Jerry Spinelli
About 10 pages (3,086 words)

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Setting

Most of Night of the Whale is set in Ocean City, New Jersey, a family resort on the New Jersey coast. The story takes place right after the central characters graduate from high school. The day after the graduation ceremony, they travel to Ocean City to stay at the beach house of the parents of Helene Hallewagen, editor-in-chief of The Acorn, the high school newspaper for which they all worked. The use of the house is part of Wags's graduation gift.

On a trip from Ocean City to Wildwood, New Jersey, on the fifth day after.....

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Night of the Whale from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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