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Q: Activity! Who do you want to be? If you could choose any character from a book. What do you think that character looks like and what do you have in common?
**Update: I want to change my answer. I want to be Anne of Green Gables. I love that time period and I think being Gilbert Blythe's girlfriend would be amazing. (No offense Kyle or Marco!) Plus since we're both red heads, it would be an easy switch.**
My old answer:
The easy answer would be to say myself since I happen to be a book character. But I will think a little harder and say Elizabeth Gonzales. If you don't know who she is, you'll have to read Priscilla the Great books two and five. Anyway, I guess I like her because even though she's the President's daughter she's still super cool. She's a master of disguise and really fun to hang out with. She also becomes President in the future. I think I would make an awesome President personally. Twizzlers for everyone!
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Straight from the mouth of Joss Whedon!
Of course you are familiar with the awesomeness that is the Avenger's movie. Well, when asked if there would be an Avengers 2, Joss gave the best answer ever! Check it out:
There's a business aspect to it and I would be disingenuous not to say that, but the question for me is, Do I have another story to tell about these people? So we worked on the business side of it and I didn't think it was going to happen — I was like 'I'm never going to do this again.' But once they worked on the business aspect of it I thought that seems fair and cool, so, the question was, Do I have another thing to say? I was in London and I went to a pub and had some fish and chips and a pint and started writing in my notebook. I'm writing if I was going to do this what would I say and 40 minutes later I filled the notebook. So I text my agent and said to make the deal. I'm so in love with that universe and the characters and the way they were played and I have so much more I want to do with them. I know I can't match the success of the first one but I can try to make a better film and that's what I'm excited about, that's the new room of fear I'm entering now.
Sigh. I love Joss Whedon.
50 Clean Tween Reads
1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan (PG)
2. The Priscilla the Great series by Sybil Nelson Rated PG
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid By Jeff Kinney (G)
4. The Troubled Tweens: Jinnie Wishmaker By DD Roy (G)
5. The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy by Nikki Loftin (G)
6.The Eyes of Pharoah by Chris Eboch (G)
7. Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls series by Meg Cabot (G)
8. My Sparkling Misfortune by Laura Lond Rated G
9. Dark Marco Volume One by Sybil Nelson (PG)
10.Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell (G)
11. Super Zombie Juice Mega Bomb by MJ Ware (G)
12. The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkein (PG)
13. The Mortal Enemy List by Tess Oliver (PG)
14. Enter Ten Tales for Tweens by Various (PG)
An added bonus to buying this books is that all the proceeds go to charity.
15. Wonder by R.J. Palacio (PG)
16. Big Nate by Lincoln Pierce (G)
17.The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (G)
18.Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper (PG)
19. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (G)
20. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham (PG)
21. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (PG)
22. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (G)
23. Fablehaven by Brandon Mull (PG)
24. The Teashop Girls by Laura Schaeffer (PG)
25.Timekeepers: Civil Disturbance by J.Y. Harris (PG+)
26. Redwall series by Brian Jacques (PG)
27. Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep by Liz Kessler (G)
28. Warriors by Erin Hunter (PG)
29. Theodosia by RL Lafever (G)
30. The Castle Sisters by Jason Krumbine (PG)
31. Broken Shell by Dalya Moon (PG)
32. Emotionally Charged by Selina French (PG)
33. Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick (PG)
34. Gasparilla's Treasure by Scott Clement (PG)
34. Gasparilla's Treasure by Scott Clement (PG)
35. Matt Archer: Monster Hunter by Kendra C Highley (PG)
36. The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson (G)
37. The Odd Job Squad by Karl Fields (PG)
38. Savvy by Ingrid Law (PG)
39. Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria by Rahma Krambo (PG)
40. War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (PG)
41. Howl of the Wolf by Diane Rapp (PG)
42. The White Giraffe by Lauren St John (G)
43. Nashoga by Rebecca Weinstein (G)
44. Goosebumps by RL Stine (PG)
45. Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones (PG)
46. The Stone Bearers by R.E. Washington
47. It’s a Catastrophe by Sibel Hodge (G)
48. Alcatraz by Brandon Sanderson (PG)
49. The Sister's Club by Megan McDonald (G)
50. Nancy Drew
This is by no means an exhaustive list. There are thousands of great books out there for tweens. Sometimes it’s just hard to know where to start. So, consider this list a launching point. Enjoy! Now as a special treat, just for reading this blog post I'm going to give you a chance to win a Kobo reader and a $25 gift card. Just fill out the rafflecopter form below! a Rafflecopter giveaway
Hey I\'m your number 1 fan Sybil and i love the book. I have read the series 3 times! During the book I realised Priscilla and I could be sisters! I (am obviously) online now and your character, Priscilla looks amazingly similar to me, well besides hair colour (I\'m a brunette). So maybe as a dream come true (I am not blame you if you don\'t but please please please) consider me to become Priscilla! I know every thing about the book from Priss downing a gatorade from puking when Josh shows Stephanie\'s ring to the fact that belly boob billy plays baseball. I know you are usually very short of time but as your biggest fan again I love the book. Please consider me to be in the film. -Nicola
Okay, so it occurred to me that some of you may be unfamiliar with the Whedon Awesomeness that is Firefly. Here is a trailer for the movie that the TV show inspired called Serenity. This is how I found out about the phenomenon. After I watched this movie, I went back and watched every episode of Firefly about 20 times. Enjoy your Wednesday Wheddie:
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