Weird Stuff by Richard Tulloch, Shane Nagel
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- ISBN: 080278058X
- Publisher: Walker & Company
- Pub. Date: May 2006
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Synopsis
Brian Hobble isn’t much of a writer—he’s more of a soccer player. (And sometimes he’s not much of a soccer player either!) But one day he borrows a pink Easyflow pen from Nathan Lumsdyke during his favorite author’s school visit, and suddenly he can’t stop writing. Unfortunately for Brian, the pen only writes flowery, embarrassing love stories, even in his science test. Brian can’t wait to give the weird pen back . . . until he realizes Cassandra Wyman is a lot more interested in writing than she is in soccer!
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Gr 5-8-When soccer superstar Brian Hobble borrows a pink Easyflow pen from his nemesis Nathan Lumsdyke, he is suddenly blessed with creative writing skills. Unfortunately, the pen is only capable of writing sappy romantic fiction, even when used on a science test, and he's forced to read it aloud. (It turns out that the pen belongs to Nathan's mother, a well-known romance writer.) Word spreads about Brian's supposed talent and he is chosen to be in a Special Interest Writing Group. He then has to figure out how to gain the admiration he craves from the brainy girl he has a crush on and not disappoint his favorite author, who selected him for the group. Though there are no surprises here, readers will want to know how the boy gets out of his predicament. The black-and-white sketches are humorous, as are Brian's interpretive definitions of select words at the start of each chapter. An interesting premise couched in a contemporary, comical narrative.-Emily Rodriguez, Alachua County Library District, Gainesville, FL Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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Richard Tulloch grew up in Melbourne, Australia, where he studied law and education and worked as a taxi driver, radio announcer and theatre director. He is a full-time writer of books, plays, screenplays, and television shows for children, including over 150 episodes of Bananas in Pajamas, which have reached an audience of hundreds of millions around the world. He has two children and lives in part of the year in Sydney and part of the year in the Netherlands with his wife, Agnes.
Shane Nagle worked as a graphic designer before becoming a freelance illustrator in 1992. Since then his illustrations have appeared in magazines such as Time, New Scientist, and Rolling Stone and in over thirty children’s books—four of which he wrote. Shane lives with his daughter in Byron Bay, Australia, where he enjoys a second career as a performing artist.
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Weird Stuff-Richard Tullochby Anonymous
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03/26/2009: Weird Stuff
By: Eric SeoHow would you feel if you borrowed a pen from a friend that can write stories by its own? In the story Weird Stuff by Richard Tulloch, the main character, Brian Hobble, borrows a pen that can write romantic stories by itself from one of his friends. I think the story Weird Stuff, is very creative and interesting, and I recommend this book to many different people due to many reasons.Brian Hobble used to be a normal kid who goes to school, until he found out that can write stories by itself from his friend. Brian discovered the secret of the pen when he started writing stories in school. Brian started to become more and more famous as people found out that he could write brilliant romantic stories. Brian even makes it into the creative writing group through the magic pen. Brian Hobble even became known to a famous writer that he admired by his books. Then, he starts developing in the story, he starts having more pride for himself, unlike the beginning of the story when he was wimpy and weak, now he was a big star, known to many people. I think the change of Brian Hobble in the story was very dramatic and interesting.If I were to rate this book out of 5, I would probably give it around a 4.5, due to the books creativeness, and interesting story lines. For example, there are many interesting parts of the story for example, when Brian finds out that the pen can write stories by itself, I think it required a lot of imagination to think of this idea. I think this story was very creative in many ways. For example, the story is very imaginative, but the story also reflects us the life of a normal boy. Brian Hobble's life is reflected throughout the story. How he likes a girl in his class named Cassandra Wyman, and how he becomes a soccer hero as he scores the goal. I think the book, Weird Stuff, is a good book to read for everyone.I think that the book, Weird Stuff, is a very good story to read. I recommend this book to people aged about 12 to 13. I hope that you would be able to read this book to read about the interesting adventures of Brian Hobble, as he finds a magic pen that can write romantic stories by itself. Due to its creativity and interesting storyline, I think the book is very good to read. I highly recommend this book to children readers. I think that this book, Weird Stuff is one of the best books of Richard Tulloch.Reviewed by Jeremey for TeensReadToo.comby TeensReadToo
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11/19/2008:
Soccer star Brian Hobble (AKA the Ice Man) is like any normal kid. He likes soccer, but what he likes even more than soccer is girls! One in particular - Cassandra Wyman - but she pretends that Brian isn't even alive.
After a big soccer game (that Brian helped win) he feels as though he is on top of the world. Things get better when Brian's favorite author, Lancelot Cummins, visits his school. Everyone is amazed that the author who wrote Brown Gunk From Mars, The Flushing, and My Mom is a Zombie Killer has come to their ordinary school to help them learn English.
Mr. Cummins gives the class an assignment, to write what would happen in fifteen minutes while observing their neighborhood. Brian, not being much of a writer, tries to waste time (i.e. taking awhile to write his name). Once he begins to write his pen runs out of ink and the school nerd, Nathan Lumsdyke, lends Brian one of his.
Brian turns his nose up at the pink Easyflow pen, but nevertheless begins writing. His penmanship with this pen transcends from messy to neat and flowery. Before he knows it, Brian has written four-and-a-half pages.
Seeing Brian's long piece, Mr. Cummins asks him to read it aloud and Brian, who does not remember what he has written, is intrigued himself. Brian and the whole class learns that instead of writing about his neighborhood, the pen had written a romantic love story! His story is both captivating and stimulating, but he is still made fun of by the guys in his grade.
Brian soon discovers that the pen only writes embarrassing love stories (after he wrote about two frogs in love for his science test). He can't wait to give the pen back to Nathan, but when Brian discovers that Lancelot Cummins and, more importantly, Cassandra Wyman, are interested in what he writes, who knows what will happen?
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