Literature+Hall+of+Fame


 * 7th Grade Literature Gurus **! The objective for this wiki page is to capture the voices of different writers we encounter in our Independent Reading and in class reads. We will seek to do this by identifying and compiling as many examples of snippets from different writers and genres that we can. These snippets should be focused on Character, Setting and Plot- however, we will leave room for adding really cool passages that just flat-out grab your attention! Please use the format shown in the examples to construct your entries. One other item...this page is will also become a place where you can look for new and exciting authors and reads. If you see a passage that engages your mind, go investigate the literature!!! Enjoy and happy passage hunting!

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"I had no plan. I had just earned a graduate degree from the University of Iowa; I was single and didn't want to live in the East where I was raised; and I was pushin g thirty. So, free of responsibility and with all the time in the world, I packed my bags and headed for the Wild West, specifically the town of Tuscon, Arizona." __Light of the Feather-__Mick Fedullo, page 17. (submitted by Mr. H)

"He was most fifty, and he looked it. His hair was long and tangled and greasy, and hung down, and you could see his eyes shining through like he was behind vines. It was all black, no grey; so was his long, mixed-up whiskers. There warn't no color in his face, where his face showed, it was white; not like another man's white, but a white to make a body sick, a white to make a body's flesh crawl- a tree-toad white, a fish-belly white." __The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn__- Mark Twain, page 23. (submitted by Mr. H)

**__Setting__: "Whatever the weather served, that was what they ate. But it never rained. It never snowed. And it never blew just wind. It rained things like soup and juice. It snowed mashed potatoes and green peas. And sometimes the wind blew in storms of hamburgers." Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs- Judi Barrett. (submitted by Mr. H)

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"__Really Cool Passages__"

"One summer day, a mysterious tree house appeared in the woods. A brother and sister named Jack and Annie soon learned that the tree house was magic- it could take them to any time and any place in history." from the first paragraph of the Prologue of the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne (submitted by Mr. H) **