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On a Pale Horse - Piers Anthony
Millicent Min, Girl Genius - Lisa Yee
Gentle's Holler - Kerry Madden
What makes these books good (not all of the books have all of these qualities):
Imperfect characters (they make mistakes)
Timeless situations
Strong female characters
Good sense of family
Some humor
But also tenderness
A romance that's not overly mushy but is still present
Magic
A sense of atmosphere

I'm establishing this wiki for two reasons: first, to demonstrate to my students the kind of work I expect from them on their NaNoWriMo prep assignments, and second, to have one place where I can keep track of all of my novel notes. Feel free to follow along over the next couple of months as I prepare and write my novel!
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I'm establishing this wiki for two reasons: first, to demonstrate to my students the kind of work I expect from them on their NaNoWriMo prep assignments, and second, to have one place where I can keep track of all of my novel notes. Feel free to follow along over the next couple of months as I prepare and write my novel!
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I'm establishing this wiki for two reasons: first, to demonstrate to my students the kind of work I expect from them on their NaNoWriMo prep assignments, and second, to have one place where I can keep track of all of my novel notes. Feel free to follow along over the next couple of months as I prepare and write my novel!
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I'm a school librarian. My student library assistants in Granville County, NC, are required to participate in National Novel Writing Month. It didn't seem fair to ask them to write a novel if I wasn't going to do it myself, so I am.
I'm establishing this wiki for two reasons: first, to demonstrate to my students the kind of work I expect from them on their NaNoWriMo prep assignments, and second, to have one place where I can keep track of all of my novel notes. Feel free to follow along over the next couple of months as I prepare and write my novel!
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different? So diddoes Percy Jackson, Lightning Thief. Percy was kicked out of five different schools just because weird things seemed to happen around him. It turns out Percy is so different because he's the son of one of the ancient Greek gods, who are still alive and well. And now, they're mad. Somebody has stolen Zeus's thunderbolt, the ultimate weapon - and made it look like Percy did it. Percy, of course, knows he didn't. Can Percy and his friends Annabel and Grover prove he didn't take it and find out who did, all before the summer solstice on June 21? Read The Lightning Thief to find out.

Have you ever felt you were different from everybody else? Too different? So did Percy Jackson, the main character in Rick Riordan's book, The Lightning Thief.

Model Novel: Percy Jackson and the OlympiansThe Lightning Thief
Author of Your Model Novel: Rick Riordan
1. Who are the most important characters in your model novel? Percy, Annabeth, Grover

Author of Your Model Novel: Rick Riordan
1. Who are the most important characters in your model novel? Percy, Annabeth, Grover
the Olympians).
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3. What is his name.
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4. Whose perspective know? Percy. He's He talks about himself.
5. This means that the novel is written in (Select one of the following):
First person. (One of the characters tells the story using the word “I”.)
novel begin? Percy is on a field trip and one of his teachers tries to attack him.
7. Where and when does it take place, generally? All over America, but especially at Camp Half-Blood in New York.
this novel? It is very action-packed. Each chapter has a new action sequence with an obstacle for Percy and his friends to overcome. This keeps the plot moving quickly.

Author of Your Model Novel: Rick Riordan
1. Who are the most important characters in your model novel? Percy, Annabeth, Grover
important? Why? Percy. The story is told from his point of view and his name is in the series title (Percy Jackson and the Olympians).
3. What central conflict?
4. Zeus's lightning bolt is missing and he thinks Percy took it. Percy has to find out who really took it and clear his name.
4. Whose perspective you know? Percy. He's
5. This means that the novel is written in (Select one of the following):
First person. (One of the characters tells the story using the word “I”.)
6. How does the novel begin?
place, generally? All over America, but especially at Camp Half-Blood in New York.
8. What is your favorite thing about this novel?