Prepared by: Fitriah Bt Hassan, SMKAM

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Dean Pitchford (born July 29, 1951, Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist. His work has earned him an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for three additional Oscars, two more Golden Globes, eight Grammy Awards and two Tony Awards.

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 Newton  Newman  •  10  years  old  •  short,  skinny,  freckled  and  quiet  •  Nick  name  :  Newt  •  terrified  of  height  (acrophobic)  •  a@ends  Appleton  elementary  •  very  imaginaCve,  enjoys  drawing  

superheroes  •  feels  neglected  and  being  ignored  by  his  

classmates.  •  does  not  feel  special  and  noCced  even  in  

his  own  family  •  lives  in  the  shadow  of  his  brother,  Chris.  •  feels  strong,  assured,  confident  and  super  

amazing  when  he  wears    the  Captain  Nobody  costume.  

•  helpful  and  heroic  –  he  makes  breakfast  for  the  family,  helps  people  when  he  plays  the  role  of  Captain  Nobody  Fit/SMKAM/2016  

Newton  Newman's  Mom  and  Dad    

•  busy  and  workaholic  •  his    Dad  is  a  supervisor  of  a  building  company  •  his  Mom  sells  real  estate  •  very  proud  of  their  son,  Chris  •  love  Newton  and  Chris  very  much  

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Chris  Newman    

•  Newton's  brother  •  a  super  nice  guy  •  popular  football  player  of  Ferrets  of  Fillmore  High  School.  •   scored  the  winning  touchdown  in  the  Big  Game  •  was  knocked  unconscious  into  a  coma  during  the  Big  Game.  

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•  Juanita  Josephine  Gonzalez  •  the  tallest  girl  in  the  fourth  grade  •  Newt's  best  friend  (besides  Cecil)  •  being  ignored  in  school  •  smart  –  began  to  read  at  three  •  gets  annoyed  when  she  sees    grammaCcal  errors  or  misspelled  words  especially  on  signage  

•  helps  to  create  Halloween  costume  for  Newt      

JJ  

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Cecil  Bu8erworth    •  Newt's  best  friend  •  shorter  and  skinnier  than  Newt  •  speaks  loudly  •  dreams  of  becoming  a  drummer  •  being  ignored  at  school  •  comes  out  with  the  idea  of  'inner  other-­‐personal  hero'  Halloween  costumes.  

 

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CHAPTER 1

Nobody Eats Breakfast

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Tonight's Big Game Is Biggest Yet !

Last year, as a junior, Newman led the Ferrets to a second Big Game victory, and this year, with both teams undefeated, excitement is running high. Chris New-MANIA is sweeping the town.

That  is  my  brother  they  are  talking  about.  I  must  tell  Mom  and  Dad  !  

•  Newton  Newman  is  reading  the  news  about  the  Big  Game.    •  It  is  going  to  be  held  that  night.    •  His  brother,  Chris  of  Ferocious  Ferrets,  will  be  the  star  of  the  game.    •  He   led   the   Ferrets   to   a   second   Big   Game   victory   the   year   before  

against  their  rival,  the  Chargers  of  Merrimac  High.    •  He  is  very  proud  of  his  brother  and  he  wants  to  break  the  news  to  

his  parents.  pages  4-­‐5  

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•  Newt   has   prepared   breakfast   for   his   Mom   and  Dad  but   they  are   so  busy  answering  phone  calls  that  they  do  not  have  the  Cme  to  sit  and  eat.  

•  Newt  tries  to  tell  them  about  what  the  news  said  about  Chris  but  they  are  too  busy  to  listen.    

•  He  is  sad  that  nobody  has  eaten  his  breakfast.    •  He   wants   to   help   his   parents   by   preparing   the  

breakfast  but  now  they  are  too  busy  to  eat.  That  makes  him  feel  irritated  and  frustrated.  

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HIT  THE  SHOWERS!!!  

•  Since   his   parents   are   sCll   on   the   phone,   Newt  unleashes  his  frustraCon  on  Chris.    

•  Ignoring   his   parents'   instrucCon   to   "let   your  brother  sleep",  he  storms  upstairs  to  his  brother's  room  and  shouts  loudly  "Hit  the  showers!!".      

•  His   brother   startles   and   throws   pillows   at   him.  That  is  how  he  wakes  his  brother  up  just  the  way  Chris'  coaches  order  over  the  years.  

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CHAPTER 2

Halloween Plans are made – sort of

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•  When   he   gets   to   school   the   next   morning,   the   school  playground  is  packed  with  kids  running  around.  He  squeezes  his  way  through  the  crowd.    

•  Like   they   do   every   day,   they   look   right   through   him.   They  just  ignore  him.  They  do  not  realise  that  he  is  the  brother  of  a  football  star.    

•  He  sits  down  on  a  large  boulder  at  the  far  end  of  the    school  yard   and   begins   to   draw   in   his   Secret   Superhero  Sketchbook.   pages  11  

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•  Newt  loves  drawing  comic  characters.    •  When  he  was  small,  Chris  always  read  his  comic  books    to  him.  

He   was   hypnoCsed   by   the   pictures   of   the   superheroes   with  their  awesome  powers.    

•  As  soon  as  he  could  hold  a  pencil,  he  spent  hours  tracing  the  characters  in  his  comics.    

•  When   he   got   a   li@le   older,   he   began   to   invent   his   own  superheroes   such   as  Master   Key   and   Paper   Boy   in   his   Secret  Superhero   Sketchbook.   He   keeps   his   sketches   a   secret   from  everyone  except  for  his  best  friends  JJ  and  Cecil.  

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•  JJ  and  Cecil  are  Newt's  buddies.  •  JJ  is  the  tallest  girl  in  the  fourth  grade.  

She  is  a  really  smart  and  has  large  vocabulary  and  extensive  knowledge  of  books.  

•  Cecil  is  shorter  and  skinnier  than  Newt.    •  At  school,  other  kids  ignore  them.    •  Other  kids  always  step  on  them  in  the  hallways  almost  like  they  

are  not  there.  They  are  always  shoved  away  from  the  water  fountain.  Ofen  other  kids  slide  their  food  off  the  table  and  squeeze  them  out  of  their  seats.  

•  Nobody  pays    a@enCon  to  them.   pages  16  Fit/SMKAM/2016  

•  One  morning  Newt,  JJ  and  Cecil  meet  at  school.  •  Cecil  reminds  them  about  Halloween  that  is  on  Sunday.  •  JJ    is  bored  with  Halloween  and  they  do  not  have    proper  costumes  to  wear.  

•  They  have  always  been  forced  to  wear  lend-­‐me-­‐down  costumes  and  they  refuse  to  wear  the  same  costumes  this  year.  

•  Cecil  comes  up  with  the  idea  that  Halloween  is  the  right  them  for  them  to  be  noCced  by  everyone.  They  need  to  create  their  own  Halloween  costumes  to  represent  their  inner-­‐other,  like  their  personal  heroes.    

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•  Cecil   excitedly   talks   about   what   they   should   be   this  Halloween.  

•  He  urges  JJ  and  Newt  to  think  of  a  superhero  that  they  want  to  be.  

•  They  have  only  three  days  to  make  their  costumes  and  they   will   surprise   each   other   when   they   meet   on  Halloween  night.    

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