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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Wax is a young adult mystery novel by Gina Damico (author of Croak). It was published in 2016.It takes place in the fictional town of Paraffin, Vermont. Our hero is Poppy Palladino, a teenage girl who wants to be an actor, but is haunted by memories of being humiliated multiple times in the past, especially by a bully named Blake Bursaw. Paraffin is home to the Grosholtz Candle Factory, a popular tourist site. While taking a tour in the factory, Poppy wanders off into a secret workroom where she meets Madame Grosholtz, an eccentric maker of wax sculptures. Soon after, the factory mysteriously burns down, but not before Poppy is given a living wax sculpture, who she names Dud, and a candle engraved with a strange message.Things just get stranger from there, and Poppy must save the entire town from a sinister conspiracy that stems from hundreds of years ago. She becomes unsure of who she can trust, but with the help of Dud, her best friend Jill, and her school theater club, she must make a plan.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })
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 Bittersweet Ending: Poppy saves Paraffin, although there are quite a few people who did not survive - including Dud. Also, it's implied that the Chandlers may have a way to return, but the chances of that are slim.
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 Big Good: Madam Grosholtz/Marie Tussaud. Once she realizes that the Chandlers intend to use her skills for evil, she lays out a complex plan to help someone - and that someone turns out to be Poppy - end their reign of terror.
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 Big Bad Duumvirate: Anita and Preston Chandler are technically both equally responsible for the sinister plot that Poppy unravels, although Anita seems to be the one more in control.
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 Alliterative Name: Poppy Palladino Blake Bursaw.
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 Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Marie Tussaud is revealed to have effectively discovered the secret to immortality, by placing her soul inside a wax sculpture. She later uses this skill to place just a fraction of her spirit into Dud's body, to give him the knowledge needed to help Poppy save Paraffin.
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