The Road by Cormac McCarthy

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    Fiction: Fantasy-- 1-15 pages: total (272)
    The man and his boy travel along this deserted road. As they walk they collect oil for the lamp they have for the nights. The grocery cart that they push carrys all of their belongings. THey look at the road in front of them to see if it is safe.
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    Pages 16-26 (282) THe man and the boy stop at a house along the way and fix the wheel of the cart. They stop at another house and a supermarket and they get blankets and look for a new cart. Then they decided to take a visit to the father's old house.
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    Pages 26-49 (305) The man and the boy look around the father's old house. They then make there way over the mountains. When they reach the summit it takes them 4 days to get down the mountains. They come to a waterfall and the boy is learning how to swim.
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    Pages 49-63 (319)
    The man and the boy continue walking on the road. On their journey they stop at a few houses and try and collect supplies for later on. They walk past a man who was struck by lightning and they were unable to help him. They continued walking trying to get to the south.
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    Pages 62-72 (329)
    The boy and the man end up killing a man after meeting him near his truck that had broken down. Then they have to hide because they think other people heard the gun shot. The man and the boy take their stuff and run and camp near a small creek.
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    Pages 72-93 (350)
    The man and boy have to hide from the bad guys. They search a whole town for supplies and food. They find very little and they are followed by a dog.
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    Pages- 93-182 (532)
    The man and the boy continue their journey towards the coast. They go through the woods and continue to take supplies they need.
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    Pages- 182-272 (622)
    The man and the boy reach the coast. They find a wrecked ship just off the shore. The man swims out to the ship to find supplies. After multiple journeys the man comes back to his son sleeping and everything they had was taken away. They get everything back and then head to the woods. After a long battle the father dies.