Hello Robertson Students!
I had so much fun speaking with you and answering your questions and getting to meet some of you. When I was there, it appeared that there were more of you who wanted to win Gollywhopper Games t-shirts than I had t-shirts to give out. So now, here's a chance for three more of you to win a t-shirt.
To enter, you need to successfully perform a simple challenge ...
Remember how I told you about all the rewriting I had to do on The Gollywhopper Games? I had to do almost as much with my new book (coming out in May), The Seventh Level.
So here's the deal. I'm going to show you the first few paragraphs of The Seventh Level as I submitted them to my editor. Then I'm going to show you the same paragraphs as they will appear in the finished book.
Here are your directions:
1. Read both sets of paragraphs.
2. Find three changes of the many I made.
3. Get permission to send me an email.
4. In the Subject Line, type: NEISD Gollywhopper Contest!
5. In the message, type three of the changes you found.
6. Sign it with your first name and last initial, your school and your teacher's name.
8. I will randomly choose three winners who followed the directions. Each winner will get a t-shirt.
That's it!
So here are the paragraphs. Good luck!
Jody Feldman
FOUR PARAGRAPHS AS SUBMITTED:
I'm free! I want to run to the other end of the school and slide down the bannister, but every classroom still has kids and especially teachers, so that would be stupid.
Anyway, Senora Morales said, "Be quick, Travis." Or really, "Rapido, Travisito." And she did let me out to fetch the blowfish from my locker even though I was supposed to bring it to the beginning of class.
I go downstairs, slurp from the drinking fountain, peek into Matti's science room and make a face at her without the teacher seeing, then I turn the corner to go back upstairs.
When I open my locker to get my blowfish, it's not the only weird thing in there. Balanced at the top on my emergency Three Musketeers bar, there's a big, blue envelope. Not normal blue, but shine-under-the-surface blue like my favorite Hot Wheels car ever.
FOUR PARAGRAPHS AS EDITED:
I'm free! I want to run through the halls and slide down the banisters, but every classroom still has kids and especially teachers, so that would be stupid.
Anyway, Senora Torres said, "Be quick, Travis." Or really, "Rapido, Travisito." And she did let me out to fetch the once-alive, now-stuffed blowfish from my locker even though I was supposed to bring it, first thing, to class.
I go downstairs, slurp from the drinking fountain, peek into Matti's science room and make a face at her without the teacher seeing, then I turn the corner to go back upstairs.
When I open my locker to get my blowfish, it's not the only weird thing there. Balanced on my emergency 3 Musketeers bar, there's a big blue envelope. Not normal blue, but shine-under-the-surface blue like my favorite Hot Wheels car ever.
