Summer Reading Entry #3

"The best time to cry is at night, when the lights are out and someone is being beaten up and screaming for help. That way even if you sniffle a little they won't hear you. If anybody knows that you are crying, they'll start talking about it and soon it'll be your turn to get beat up when the lights go out."

I choose this selection because I wanted to show that the beginning of the book is crucial for an author to get it right and make sure the reader is interested to read on and read more. This selection I choose is a paragraph of the beginning of the book. The beginning of a book is crucial for an author to “hook” potential readers in order for them to make sure the reader decides to read on into the book and read more. And maybe also if the book is interesting the reader may decide to read other books of the same author and the same genre of the book. If the author does not get the beginning right then most readers will not read the book and will assume that the rest of the author’s books are both boring and bad. Examples of book with great beginning are E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web, The Gentle Giant Octopus by Karen Wallace, Bat at Night by Nicola Davies, Look Out Jack! The Giant is Back! by Tom Birdeye, A Storm on the Desert by Carolyn Lesser, Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, Because of Winn Dixie by Kate Dicamillo, My Great Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston, Bubba, The Cowboy Prince by Helen Ketteman, Stop That Dog! The Great Gracie Chase by Cynthia Rylant, The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, Click Clack Moo by Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator).