CHAPTER 6

I Get a Terrible Idea

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Sunday Appleton Sentinel  

Newman's Bittersweet Victory  

Chris Newman, the only child of Patrick and Mary Newman …….

What?    The  only  child???  

Newt  is  s3ll  clueless  about  the  costume  to  wear  and  he  decides  not  to  celebrate  Halloween  that  year.  

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•  That  aGernoon,  he  sees  his  mom  holding  his  brother's  sweatshirt  and  weeping.    

•  He  decides  to  cheer  her  up    by  dressing  up  in  Chris's  football  jersey  and  proves  that  he  is  useful  in  such  stressful  situa3on.    

•  However,  she  rushes  back  to  the  hospital  before  Newt  could  show  her.  

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•  That  evening,  Cecil  and  JJ  come  to  his  house.    

•  Cecil  disguises  himself  as  Mozart  whereas  JJ  dresses  up  as  Splendida,  a  character  from  he.  favourite  book.  

•  However,  Newt  is  in  his  brother's  old  football  jersey  and  he  does  not  know  who  he  is  going  to  be  that  Halloween.  

•  Newt  tells  JJ  and  Cecil  that  he  does  not  feel  like  joining  Halloween  because  he  does  not  have  a  costume  for  himself.  

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CHAPTER 7 I Hide –

And Find Myself

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•  Cecil  and  JJ  help  to  transform  Newt's  ouRit.    •  They  put  him  in  a  pair  of  red  sweatpants  tucked  into  Chris's  old  silver  track  shoes  striped  with  lightning  bolts.  He  is  dressed  in  a  purple  baseball  jersey  with  a  puffy  grey  cape  flying  from  his  shoulders.    

•  Newt  is  not  really  happy  with  the  ouRit  un3l  JJ  cuts  two  small  holes  on  the  sweatband  that  Newt  is  wearing  on  his  forehead  and  change  it  into  a  mask.  

•  The  mask  has  transformed  him  into  someone  he  does  not  recognise…  he  feels  protected  and  hidden.  

•  Now  they  are  ready  for  Halloween!!  

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CHAPTER 8

I Raise My Voice

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•  When  they  reach  the  first  house,  the  owners  of  the  house  are  rejoice  when  they  look  at  Newt,  Cecil  and  JJ.  

•  They  correctly  guess  Cecil's  and  JJ's  costumes.  However,  they  are  not  sure  what  character  Newt  is  in.  The  lady's  husband    no3ces  the  ini3als  C.N.  at  the  centre  of  Newt's  mask  and  asks  him  what  they  stand  for.  

•  Cecil  and  JJ  declare  that  Newt  is  Commander  Nuclear.  •  However,  Newt  disagrees  with  the  name.  •  He  feels  electric  charge  race  from  the  top  of  his  head  down  to  his  silver  lightning-­‐bolt  tennis  shoes  as  the  answer  pops  into  his  brain.    

•  He  pumps  up  his  chest,  tosses  his  cape,  puts  his  fist  on  his  waist  and  proudly  announces  "  You  can  call  me  …  Captain  Nobody!"  

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