He'd be awesome as Samuel Westing(s)
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Complete thread:
- What was the first Novel(la) you ever read? -
Grantland,
2021-03-04, 09:46
- John Bellairs -
LaFortune Teller,
2021-03-05, 11:57
- ND Class of 1959 - HCE, 2021-03-05, 12:13
- In retrospect, if YA lit counts, Beverly Cleary. -
MattG,
2021-03-05, 10:58
- My favorites of hers were The Mouse and the Motorcycle. - BillyGoat, 2021-03-05, 11:04
- David Copperfield -
River,
2021-03-05, 10:18
- Oliver Twist at the same age for me - Jack, 2021-03-05, 11:08
- Fear of Flying - Dylan, 2021-03-05, 06:17
- Snow Treasure. -
domer.mq,
2021-03-05, 05:36
- Another great one - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2021-03-05, 06:36
- That's an awesome book. My Dad loves WWII history, and - BillyGoat, 2021-03-05, 06:28
- If we're talking real "novels", Watership Down - mkmcfrlnd, 2021-03-04, 21:30
- First one I remember was Island of the Blue Dolphins -
Spesh,
2021-03-04, 16:59
- My 4th grader read that this year. - okerland, 2021-03-05, 09:22
- That reminds me of The Pearl which I read early on. -
Grantland,
2021-03-05, 05:28
- We read that in sixth grade - loved it so much - Spesh, 2021-03-05, 06:22
- My next one -
Busco21,
2021-03-04, 16:57
- However, you probably have written a book -
terribletr,
2021-03-05, 04:30
- “The Collected Busco” leatherbound compendium -
Jay,
2021-03-05, 06:59
- More like human skin. -
BillyGoat,
2021-03-05, 07:14
- aged in diesel exhaust -
Jay,
2021-03-05, 07:20
- And tanned in vats of Busch. -
BillyGoat,
2021-03-05, 08:49
- Love you all -
Busco21,
2021-03-05, 17:40
- Then keep drinking. Love reading your stuff. - Grantland, 2021-03-08, 12:01
- Love you all -
Busco21,
2021-03-05, 17:40
- And tanned in vats of Busch. -
BillyGoat,
2021-03-05, 08:49
- aged in diesel exhaust -
Jay,
2021-03-05, 07:20
- More like human skin. -
BillyGoat,
2021-03-05, 07:14
- He is our Faulkner. Too bad that... -
BillyGoat,
2021-03-05, 06:30
- I’ve been told - Busco21, 2021-03-05, 17:43
- “The Collected Busco” leatherbound compendium -
Jay,
2021-03-05, 06:59
- However, you probably have written a book -
terribletr,
2021-03-05, 04:30
- If Incel Brown doesn't count, then probably The High King. - Publicola, 2021-03-04, 16:42
- Haven't the faintest clue. My mom was a voracious reader... - PAK, 2021-03-04, 14:46
- Probably something in the Encyclopedia Brown series. -
Tim,
2021-03-04, 13:35
- Did y'all read How and Why books? Loved those. - Grantland, 2021-03-04, 13:58
- Huckleberry Finn - Jack, 2021-03-04, 13:25
- Kindergarten teacher made me read Freckle Juice - MHB (Rakes of Mallow), 2021-03-04, 13:24
- Finnegans Wake - Jeff (BGS), 2021-03-04, 12:50
- The Celery Stalks at Midnight - HullieAndMikes, 2021-03-04, 12:48
- Hardy Boys or The Great Brain or Charlie & the Chocolate -
BillyGoat,
2021-03-04, 12:40
- I read a LOT of the "Great Brain" series. - MattG, 2021-03-04, 13:13
- Tom Sawyer, I'll bet. Or Phantom Tollbooth. -
MattG,
2021-03-04, 12:31
- Good call on Phantom Tollbooth. -
ReginaldVelJohnson,
2021-03-04, 12:43
- Great book. It's almost like Gulliver's Travels for kids, -
HCE,
2021-03-05, 09:13
- I picked Gulliver/Swift for an AP Lit course project. -
ReginaldVelJohnson,
2021-03-05, 10:00
- I took a Swift seminar in grad school - HCE, 2021-03-05, 10:21
- I picked Gulliver/Swift for an AP Lit course project. -
ReginaldVelJohnson,
2021-03-05, 10:00
- I am too old. While I think Phantom Tollbooth - Grantland, 2021-03-04, 12:48
- Great book. It's almost like Gulliver's Travels for kids, -
HCE,
2021-03-05, 09:13
- Good call on Phantom Tollbooth. -
ReginaldVelJohnson,
2021-03-04, 12:43
- Early memory of "Where the Red Fern Grows" in -
ReginaldVelJohnson,
2021-03-04, 11:34
- Funny story -
terribletr,
2021-03-05, 04:32
- My mom and dad took my son on a road trip. They -
Grantland,
2021-03-05, 05:30
- My 5th grade teacher read that book to our class -
Coach Gillespie,
2021-03-05, 06:13
- And Sounder. Ugh that book I cried. - Grantland, 2021-03-05, 08:47
- My 5th grade teacher read that book to our class -
Coach Gillespie,
2021-03-05, 06:13
- My mom and dad took my son on a road trip. They -
Grantland,
2021-03-05, 05:30
- Funny story -
terribletr,
2021-03-05, 04:32
- May have been Gary Paulsen's "Hatchet" -
Coach Gillespie,
2021-03-04, 10:59
- My parents recently dug up some of my elementary school -
CK08,
2021-03-04, 11:44
- Is that Matt Christopher the author? - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2021-03-04, 12:27
- Bio of Knute was a really early one of mine as well. -
Grantland,
2021-03-04, 11:31
- A certain poster on this board who shall remain nameless ... -
Coach Gillespie,
2021-03-04, 13:22
- Where his dad was a carriage maker. - Grantland, 2021-03-04, 13:55
- A certain poster on this board who shall remain nameless ... -
Coach Gillespie,
2021-03-04, 13:22
- Some great names in here - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2021-03-04, 11:11
- My parents recently dug up some of my elementary school -
CK08,
2021-03-04, 11:44
- The Lion, the Witch, and Wardrobe, I think -
CK08,
2021-03-04, 10:54
- was also thinking Animal Farm -
Jay,
2021-03-04, 10:58
- Is Huck Finn still widely assigned? -
CK08,
2021-03-04, 11:47
- No, not really - HCE, 2021-03-04, 12:12
- Is Huck Finn still widely assigned? -
CK08,
2021-03-04, 11:47
- was also thinking Animal Farm -
Jay,
2021-03-04, 10:58
- good question - Jay, 2021-03-04, 10:49
- Probably the Boxcar Children or Hardy Boys. -
Savage,
2021-03-04, 10:41
- 6th grade-ish - Jay, 2021-03-04, 10:55
- The Westing Game -
IrishGuard,
2021-03-04, 10:35
- Just the absolute best. -
MattG,
2021-03-04, 12:22
- For which? Westing? That would be awesome. -
BillyGoat,
2021-03-04, 12:39
- Yes, Westing Game. (it's happening, just not NPH) -
MattG,
2021-03-04, 13:16
- He'd be awesome as Samuel Westing(s) -
BillyGoat,
2021-03-05, 04:45
- It will be interesting to see how they handle that. -
MattG,
2021-03-05, 10:19
- Hopefully with lots of makeup and four different accents - Aaron (Shakespeare), 2021-03-07, 14:40
- It will be interesting to see how they handle that. -
MattG,
2021-03-05, 10:19
- He'd be awesome as Samuel Westing(s) -
BillyGoat,
2021-03-05, 04:45
- Yes, Westing Game. (it's happening, just not NPH) -
MattG,
2021-03-04, 13:16
- For which? Westing? That would be awesome. -
BillyGoat,
2021-03-04, 12:39
- Just the absolute best. -
MattG,
2021-03-04, 12:22
- Not sure, but first "grown-up" novel was probably Dracula - HCE, 2021-03-04, 10:14
- The BFG - Romulox, 2021-03-04, 10:10
- Probably "A Wrinkle in Time" - Dylan, 2021-03-04, 10:08
- John Bellairs -
LaFortune Teller,
2021-03-05, 11:57