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Post by Dante on Jul 26, 2018 15:56:21 GMT -5
For those who've expressed an interest in Guys Read: Heroes & Villains with a view to reading Snicket's story, here is the full list of stories: 1. The Villain's Guide to Being a Hero by Christopher Healy 2. First Crossing by Pam Muñoz Ryan 3. Need That Dog by Sharon Creech 4. How I Became Stink Daley by Deborah Hopkinson 5. The Wager by Cathy Camper and Raúl the Third 6. Kalash by Eugene Yelchin 7. General Poophead by Laurie Halse Anderson 8. The Warrior and the Knave by Ingrid Law 9. The Hero of the Story by Lemony Snicket 10. How My Mother Was Arrested for Murder by Jack Gantos And a brief teaser for each text: 1. The Villain's Guide to Being a Hero - Fairy-tale parody. 2. First Crossing - Told from the perspective of Mexican immigrants being smuggled into the United States. 3. Need That Dog - The protagonist wants a dog. Uh, but not that one. 4. How I Became Stink Daley - Dramatisation of a historical New York food scandal. 5. The Wager - Boogeymen from Latino folklore attempt to scare two small children. (Graphic novel format.) 6. Kalash - A young Russian boy attempts to find work for his brother. Later, there is a car chase with machine guns. 7. General Poophead - What if Benedict Arnold was defecated on by a giant pelican for all eternity? 8. The Warrior and the Knave - An unlikely hero is sent to another world to defeat nursery-rhyme parodies. 9. The Hero of the Story - A mysterious woman leaves young Lemony Snicket holding the baby. Soon enough, he's in prison. 10. How My Mother Was Arrested for Murder - Unbelievably shoddy police work is how.
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Post by Teleram on Jul 27, 2018 19:55:55 GMT -5
Were there any you enjoyed reading other than Snicket's?
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Post by Dante on Jul 28, 2018 3:35:23 GMT -5
#4 was pretty good, and #8 was surprisingly clever. #1 and #6 are jolly enough, I suppose, while #2 I think was a socially useful piece. I would say I enjoyed Snicket's the most, but I can also see that somebody unfamiliar with Snicket would find it to be rather a strange item.
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