https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m en-us 2016-11-02 12:39:30 UTC 2024-04-07 01:02:14 UTC hello@padlet.com tommy_labzin https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m/wish/134741555 She pointed at the far side of the boulder. On the ground was a clump of human hair. (pg 22)
"You're in deep, deep trouble."
"I know."
"I mean, like Biblical trouble, Omar. Like the-devil-wants-your-soul trouble." (pg 61)]]> 2016-11-02 12:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m/wish/134741555 tommy_labzin https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m/wish/134770998 The 1st quote represents that someone, but in this case, Natasha was dead because of Omar's rhymes and texts. The 2nd quote shows us that Omar plunged into the hopeless situation about his soul.]]> 2016-11-02 13:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m/wish/134770998 tommy_labzin https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m/wish/134773950 Omar wants to eventually be a published horror writer, and for now, he posts his stories on his Facebook page, where he receives positive feedback from his friends. When a former friend is found murdered in the same fashion as the story he recently posted on Facebook, her father, a police officer, zeroes in on Omar as a suspect.  Then a horrible ferry accident occurs .. one that mirrors a story Omar posted the day before.  As Omar's visions begin to occur more frequently, and a voice dictates to him what to write, he tries to keep himself from chronicling what he now feels will come true if he actually writes it down.
Sophie is a Goth girl from his school who tells him that she is the same as he is; that her art used to have the same consequences.  She promises to show him how to put an end to the visions, but will the cure be worse than the curse?  Will she be able to help him or will she only hurt him more?
Link: http://www.knittingandsundries.com/2011/02/unthinkable-by-shirley-duke-book-review.html]]> 2016-11-02 13:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m/wish/134773950 tommy_labzin https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m/wish/134776153 This is a short, novella-type of read, so there isn't a whole lot of room for character development; however, it is written in simple and clear prose that is perfect for the target audience of middle school to high school students.  As an adult reader, this one gave me what all good stories should give: the "what comes next?" feeling.  Although it is a horror story, it is not a gruesome, graphic one, and I don't think that most parents would have any objection to the content.  The first quote below lists what I feel to be the most graphic scene, so as a parent, you can be the judge.
I would recommend this one for middle readers, and especially for reluctant boy readers.]]> 2016-11-02 14:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m/wish/134776153 tommy_labzin https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m/wish/134778114 2016-11-02 14:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m/wish/134778114 tommy_labzin https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m/wish/134779981 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7994292-unthinkable - more reviews about this book.
https://books.google.com/books/about/Unthinkable.html?id=DLaPA_OQFgoC - the preview of this book.
http://coreyreads.blogspot.com/2011/01/unthinkable-by-shirley-duke.html - more facts and summaries about this book.]]> 2016-11-02 14:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m/wish/134779981 tommy_labzin https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m/wish/134782010 Omar is Bridgewater High's favorite local teen author. His Facebook profile can't wait for the next horror story. Then, his imagination subsequently turned against him. Horrifying visions of death and destruction come over him with wide-screen intensity. The only one way to stop the visions was to write the rhymes and texts down until they start becoming true.
Omar is similar to Woody Allen, the legendary actor, screenwriter and director who is well known for his fiction, frequently published in The New Yorker and collected in Without Feathers, Side Effects, Getting Even and Mere Anarchy. His ability to distinguish his films in terms of tone, subject matter, and the style is equally effective in his stories. In the past he's garnered comparisons to SJ Perlman and James Thurber. Now, writers of funny, high-concept stories, like Eisenberg, are being compared to Allen.]]> 2016-11-02 14:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tommy_labzin/26kgj2i9qh2m/wish/134782010