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Over at
insideadog, Maureen Johnson is putting to the test the theory that all books are made better with a zombie.
And you're invited! Transform a work of existing literature by
adding a zombie. You might even win a prize...
Here's examples from
Maureen,
Justine and
Scott. And here's mine, with apologies to Walt Whitman:
O ZOMBIE! my Zombie! our fearful trip is done;
Our bodies weather'd every whack, the brains we sought are nom nom nom;
Our lunch is near, the bells I hear, the people all screaming,
While follow eyes the zombie reel, our onslaught grim and daring:
But O brains! brains! brains!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my dinner lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
At Insideadog, the Australian website of the Centre for Youth Literature, State Library Victoria (Australia), voting is underway for the Inkys awards for best Australian and international books of the year. The site, designed especially for young readers, solicits voting from 12-18-year-olds. Shaun Tan’s The Arrival is shortlisted for Golden Inky (best YA Australian book) and Looking for Alaska by John Green for the international Silver Inky award. Every week until the contest ends November 9, kids can click “Win Stuff” and answer an opinion question to enter a drawing for one of the shortlisted books. There are lots of other goodies at Insideadog, including guest authors who blog for a month, teen book reviews and discussions, and more book giveaways, plus audio downloads and first chapters to read online. Check it out and send the link to a Australian teen bibliophile!
Annie Donwerth Chikamatsu of Here and There Japan reports on a similar (and different) process for the Sakura Medal Awards. Her report for the SCWBI Tokyo newsletter (scroll down to page 11) provides more details about this great Japanese students’ choice award.
Funny! Is make Whitman even gooder.
If only one could make a living putting zombies in everything . . .
Justine
I think that's ingenious Lili
Hah! This is genious, Lilliputian, even better than 'In My Pants.'
(Ps - why does zombie me have to be such a damn overactor? Although at least Zombie Jelly does not look as bad as Gymkhana Jelly. PAH.)
Maureen's zombie competition is over, so I thought I'd put my entry here. It cannibalises Lord of the Flies and makes the zombie a passive character, which I think is softer, and exposes the vulnerable side of the undead...
The rock struck the zombie with a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. The zombie, saying nothing, with no time even for a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as it went. The rock bounced twice and was lost in the forest. The zombie flew forty feet and landed on its back across the square red rock in the sea. Its head opened up and stuff came out and turned red. The zombie's arms and legs twitched a bit, like pig's after it had been killed. Then the sea breathed again a long,slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went sucking back again, the body of the zombie was gone.
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