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| May 5th, 2005 04:35 PM | |
| anDROIDdoNUT |
You are right My voice was talking normal 1 second, horse another, and then I sounded like Michael Jackson . . . and then back to normal |
| May 5th, 2005 10:17 AM | |
| McClain | You're 13, dude. The only thing you know for sure is that people laugh when your voice cracks. |
| May 2nd, 2005 04:10 PM | |
| anDROIDdoNUT | Don't tell me nobody ever read it. Chris Lynch is a great author, I'm 13 and I know this for sure |
| Apr 28th, 2005 09:58 PM | |
| anDROIDdoNUT |
Slot Machine By Chris Lynch is a great hilarious book about a kid trying to fit in. I am to lazy to review this good book so here is a summary, not mine though It's called Twenty-One Nights with the Knights. But for Elvin Bishop--fourteen, overweight, and a self-proclaimed nonathlete--this summer sports "retreat" is more like the twenty-one trials of hell. As everyone around him, including his best friends, slips smoothly into athletic "slots," Elvin is pounded on the football field, slammed on the baseball diamond, and tortured on the wrestling mat--always coming out a complete failure. But appearances can be deceiving. Sometimes real strength comes from breaking the rules rather than playing the game. And sometimes finding acceptance is less about fitting in than about making your own way--with grit and humor.All incoming freshmen atFlagship Academy’s summer program are suppose to find an athletic ‘slot’ for themselves.But there is no slot for Elvin, a wise-cracking, overweight sports incompetent who bounces from one humiliating game to another. How he discovers his own place for himself—with grit and humor—makes for "a funny, poignant coming-of-age story...[A] wry, thoughtful book [that] speaks with wisdom and heart to the victim and outsider in us all."—BL. source=== http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=0064471403 |
