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Not only is the name of this book secret, so is the plot. In this humorous book, the author takes the reader on a mad-capped adventure with some interesting characters. Suitably vague? I don’t even know if I can talk about the book. But the author has a way of writing that while not new is certainly clever. Tell someone to not do something will make them do it right? And that is-in a sense- what the author is doing here. He makes a children’s book into a tale of possibly the most secret society on earth (except you don’t know what it is or does) I enjoyed the point of view of the story and how the author breaks for chapters (sometimes informing readers that they should use the bathroom because the next chapter is a long one). But what of the story? Well it centers around Cass and Max-Ernest two seemingly ordinary kids that turn out to have a few tricks up their sleeves. What makes this story so interesting is not necessarily the secret that is never told, but rather the characters. Even minor characters are well fleshed out and lend interest and insight into the overall story. Though a bit long I can see this book becoming a favorite of many.
Skipper loves comic books and he has a ton of them in his room.He loves a comic book series called "The Masked Mutant" which is about a mutant who is trying to rule the universe!But then one day when he is going to the library he sees this really weird place it was kind of cool too it was reddish pink and had yellow and blue in it too..It looked like The Masked Mutant's secret headquarters!!!Did the Masked Mutant really live in this town??
What I like about the story is it is really awesome that this kid collects comics,most people these days don't collect or keep comic books anymore his comic books are cool it would just be nicer if R.L used "The Tick" or Spiderman" or "Batman" then that would be really awesome.What I also like about the story is the story seemed so long!Lots of stories seem really short and not really much of a story.
Mandy is a Orphan and is a very sweet girl and has never said a single lie in her life and she never steels thing never takes things never acts like a brat never does any of those things but when she is so curious that she went over the brick wall and found a little abandoned cottage ,she decided to keep it for her self and stole a few things and went in the cottage and lived there for a while after school.The only one she tells is her best friend, but then her best friend worries about her and has to tell the Leader of the orphanage and then what will Mandy do??
What I like about this story is Mandy is a lot like me (not in the stealing part) because I have wanted to have a little home for my self and that's because I like to "set things up" and make a room or a part of a house look nice. It is like Bridge to Terebithia ,the movie that just came out recently, because the boy and the girl find a abandoned tree house and then the boy and the girl don't tell anyone. It is very cool because they both tell a secret and you want to keep on reading because you want to find out if someone else is going to find the place too,or if someone else has discovered it and says 'This is mine go away" or something like that.
Uh there's been a while since I've last posted here. And actually this is my second time - that was my secret ;-)
I intercepted this page as it was going to be posted, and decided to post it anyways; but not before making clear that facts are exaggerated!
- I want to win but I’m not desperate about it
- I actually doodle at work, but it is just a way of relaxation!
+ The lower note is for those individuals, especially characters, who have problems in keeping secrets…
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To kick-off our discussion of The Secret Agent John Lyon, editor of the OUP volume, and Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Bristol, has reflected on what it was like to introduce this book right after the events of September 11, 2001. (more…)
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Take a look at this Slate article about The Secret Agent. What do you think Conrad was saying about the interaction between government and terrorists?
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Get excited because tomorrow is book club day and we have a special guest commentator for you! So, if you haven’t finished
The Secret Agent yet, take the day off work (you can tell your boss I said it’s okay) and read, read, read.
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Just in case you haven’t had a chance to start reading Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent we thought we would give you a little teaser. Below is the first page. Be sure to check back on May 24th for our discussion as part of our Oxford World’s Classics Book Club.
Mr. Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominally in charge of his brother-in-law. (more…)
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Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.
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Mmmm...wonder what your secret is?!
Hmmm... what could that secret ingredient be.....
Nice job!
Essence of Emeril? =)