The Shoulder Shrug. It was a blue book with red writing engraved on the cover, and there was a small picture of a cuckoo bird under the title, also red. pg 84 To her, they were only victims of circumstance. The only thought that continually recurred was the yellow tear. Had it been dark, she […]

It’s lucky I was there.Then again, who am I kidding? I’m in most places at least once, and in 1943, I was just about everywhere. pg 539 Oh, and one more thing.He would die with his mouth open. pg 463 A SMALL PIECE OF TRUTHI do not carry a sickle or scythe.I only wear a […]

pages 78 – 80 clouds were filing in now, big and clumsy, and more kids were calling out to her, watching her seethe. Begins the symbol of the clouds. Oh, how the clouds stumbled in assembled stupidly in the sky. great obese clouds. Dark and plump Bumping into each other. Apologizing. relates the clouds to […]

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As he looked uncomfortably at the human ship before him, the young man’s voice was scraped out and handed across the dark like it was all that remained of him. pq 173 How many had actively persecuted others, high on the scent of Hitler’s gaze, repeating his sentences, his paragraphs, his opus? pg 366-367

By Matthew Reilly

Dear Mr Waugh My name is Ben McNabb and I have lived in Wanaka for my whole life. My family consists of Kay McFarlane, Ian McNabb and Hannah McNabb who I am sure you have all met before through the school. English in my past has not been my greatest subject therefore I have not […]