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	Title:	And Then There Were None
	Author:	Christie, Agatha
	Date Published:	1939
	Genre:	Mystery
	Grade Level:	7 - 12
	Booktalker:	Marilyn Bunker

Booktalk:
Soldier Island, Sticklehaven, Devon. That is how all of the envelopes were addressed. Ten people all received an invitation to a mysterious island. When they all have arrived, they find that their host, U.N. Owen doesn’t exist, and one by one the guests begin to be murdered. The only ones above suspicion are the dead guests. The only trouble is that all of the guests are murdered. Who did it??? Justice Wargrave: He is a recently retired Judge, lured to the island by a letter from a flighty acquaintance, he is indignant when faced with accusations, utterly sure of himself and his actions. Vera Claythorne: She used to be the nanny for an upper-class family, but her charge died in a drowning accident under her care. She was cleared of any involvement at an inquiry, but the killer has other thoughts on the matter. As people die around her, she begins to lose her mind. Phillip Lombard: A former Army man, he's sent to the Island by an intermediary, under the story of acting as an 'Assistant' for anything his employer might need. In reality, he's just been lured there to face punishment for his involvement in a Native massacre in Africa. Emily Brent: A crotchety old woman, she goes to the Island for the promise of a free vacation, but finds herself accused of driving her servant girl to death. General Macarthur: The General is lured to the Island with the promise that some of his old friends are going to be there. When he arrives, he learns that he's being called to take responsibility for a sending a subordinate off to death during wartime. Dr. Armstrong: A popular physician to the London upper class, Dr. Armstrong is hired to come to the island for a medical consultation. He believes that he's put his past behind him that no one remembers that woman he killed on the operating table because he was drunk. But that's the very reason the killer has lured him to the Island. Tony Marston: A drunken rich boy, he ran two children over with his car, and was punished by having his license taken away for a year. The killer decides that he hasn't been punished enough. Rogers: He and his wife are hired by Mr. Owen as the caretakers of the Island. They had murdered their last employer, wanting to collect on their inheritance. Mrs. Rogers: Rogers' wife. She took part in the murder of their last employer. She's been wracked by guilt, and hasn't slept well since. William Blore: A former police officer turned private detective, he was hired to watch all the other guests on the Island. Of course, that was just a story. Actually, he was lured to the Island because he had framed an innocent man for a serious crime, and the man had died in jail.