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Now I just need the words

This is a comic book page I did in pen and ink, now I need to add the words.

The illustrations are based on a story from the old Norse Mythlogy about the God Thor,

who went fishing with the giant called Hömer, to catch the world serpent called the…

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Added by Marianne Mathiasen on April 9, 2010 at 2:28pm — No Comments

Book Review: Will Hobbs' Go Big Or Go Home (Draft #2)

Go Big Or Go Home

Harper, 1998, pp 185, $5.99

Will Hobbs'

ISBN- 9780060741433





"I don't have words to explain how Brady saw that enormous ball

of fire with his own eyes."



The meteorite falls from the sky into the roof of his room and landed on the middle of bradys bed.



Brady realizes how he's exposure to the meteorite may have affected him physically, and that it could even kill him. He's too excited with the meteorite that he sleeps and eats with… Continue

Added by Mateo Lozano on February 12, 2010 at 3:51pm — 3 Comments

Book review: S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders Rough Draft #1

The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton, The Penguin Group, 1967, 180pp., $9.99, ISBN 978-0-14-038572-4



Imagine; you are walking up the street, alone, in the night. When suddenly you see a blue mustang coming up the drive-way. You start to pace a little faster, but it’s still coming. Then the mustang stops and five Socs come out.

They corner you and beat you up, while calling you a “greaser” . How would you feel? How about asking someone who got to experience that, Ponyboy Curtis. Yep he… Continue

Added by Axel Portillo on February 3, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Book Review: Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (Draft #2)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw

Jeff Kinney

Amulet Books

2009

224 pp.

$ 6.40

ISBN 0810970686





I have never read a book like this. The lead character is a loser. He's not good at

anything. He's not good at sports or school or even music. His best friend is a dork. And his older brother bullies him, too. Moreover, Kinney's book, like Greg Heffley himself, is a loser of a read.



This book, for starters, has no climax :it's just… Continue

Added by Luis Alberto Paternina Andrade on January 19, 2010 at 4:10pm — 3 Comments

B00k Review : Gary Soto's Novio Boy ( Draft # 1)

Novio Boy Hanette Book Group 1997, 71 pg, $7.00

Gary Soto ISBN 0-15-201531-0







His name is Rudy.He is 15 years old when his mom finds out that he had a date with an older girl than him.Where:In his mom's barber shop.When:Friday at 3:00 p.m.Rudy's date changes his appearance much.



Rudy has a best friend named Alex.Alex is his best friend and will help Rudy with anything that he will need.Rudy needs money for his date and his uncle is trying to convince Rudy's… Continue

Added by Jonathan Sanchez on January 19, 2010 at 2:20pm — No Comments

Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid Review (Draft #2)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney

Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007, 224 pp., $7.99

ISBN 0-810-99313-9



Looking for funny? Well you found it! Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a hysterical novel about a 6th grader named Greg Heffley trying to fit in somewhere between the sea of students ranging from the small and ordinary to the ones that have muscles and are growing facial hair. Where does…

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Added by Adam Hinojosa on January 14, 2010 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

Book Review:Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Draft #5)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney

Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007, 224 pp., $7.99

ISBN 0-810-99313-9



Greg is amazed by about the changes from elementary to middle school. He says that middle school things had changed too much because in elementary the kid that was the fastest runner or the one who was better at sports will get all the girls. Also in elementary boys would fight with girls and know they talk and play. Another thing is that in middle school…

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Added by Bryan Hernandez on January 14, 2010 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

Book Review: Jonathan Rand's American Chillers (New York Ninjas ) Draft # 1

Have you ever felt like you're being followed, but you look around and there's no one there? Well, that's wha this book is about. It's Halloween night and Sarah, Mike, and Brad are on their way to a school party, but on their way weird things happen to them. First, they see a flying mask, but Mike finds a mask just like that in a bush. After that they see three shadows appear out of nowhere, and they're ninjas.



This story has a lot of surprises; it has even more suspense, but the… Continue

Added by Jesus Aguirre on January 14, 2010 at 12:06pm — 1 Comment

Book Review: The Vampire Prince (Draft#2)

The Vampire Prince by: Darren Shan

Hachette Book Group

August 2004, 208pp, $7.99

ISBN-13: 9780316602747



Darren Shan,a half blooded vampire, is actually the most important character. He travels through a series of amazing events that change his life, totally.He has one secret,and that's one of his advantages.He is sentenced to death by the princess.He escapes but has a hard journey that almost causes him his life;he comes back to alert the princess about the attack… Continue

Added by Lorenzo Garcia on January 13, 2010 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Book Review: Stephen King's IT

IT

Stephen King

Viking, 1986,pp 1190. , $8.99

ISBN 978-0-451-16951-8









It is your worst fear- literally. A horrible monster known as "It" by a group of seven best friends, returns decades later to feed on the children of Derry, Maine, and to finish what it started.



It began after the flood in 1957. Bill Denbrough (known as Stuttering Bill by the teachers and students at Derry Elementary)makes a… Continue

Added by Armando Alanis on January 11, 2010 at 1:00pm — 8 Comments

Book Review: Breaking Dawn by (the twilight saga's) Stephenie Meyer

the twilight saga: breaking dawn



Title: Breaking Dawn

Author: Stephenie

Reviewer: Amee Salazar

Price: $22.99

ISBN# 9780316032834



Breaking Dawn is the fourth and final novel in the Twilight series by Stephenie Myer. This is an outstanding book about an 18 year old girl named Bella Swan, who is engaged and wanting to spend the rest of her life with her true love Edward Cullen, who is known to be a vampire. Pulled in one direction by her intense…

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Added by Amee Salazar on January 2, 2010 at 4:00pm — 5 Comments

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