BBC - Assingment #1

Our first Boys Book Club meeting is tomorrow. We are very excited. The book we read was Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger....and it is set in our hometown. For their first assignment, the boys had to come up with an outline for their very own story to be set in the burg. Here is Billy and JJ's take:


The Battle of the 'burg by Billy.

Billy would use the actual name of the city and have he and JJ as main characters in the story since his book is 'realistic fiction'. This story is set during the Civil War, and it will happen across the street from the new playground, since that is really where the original battle took place. If he had to write a synopsis for the back cover of his book, here is what he would write:

The battle of the burg was fought in the burg. Two of the soldiers are JJ and Billy H. They're running out of ammo and food and there is only a few of them left. They are surrounded by Yankees, and what is that? A gunshot? Will they make it out or will they fall like so many others?

King Arthur and the 7 Knights - by JJ

JJ has set his story in Medieval Times. He has chosen this because he thinks that time period is interesting. He would change our town to Excalibur because that is a real town during Medieval times. He would not use names of anyone he knows or base any characters on anyone he knows because....'they did not exist in Medieval Times'. He would set his story partly in the Tea House and partly in Asbury Church because it looks like a castle.

Here is JJ's Synopsis:
Sir Lancelot** goes into the forest. He discovers a village and goes back to tell King Arthur the news. But, on the way back, he gets attacked by the villagers of Canterbury (the village he discovered). A big fight happens. Tristan dies. Garwin gets injured but all the other knights help to eventually win the battle.

**Not to be confused with JJ's BFF Sir Lancelot....different people entirely.


So, what do you think....should either of these stories be published. Should either be made into a movie? Are you on the edge of your seats wanting more? Maybe with enough fanfare, Billy and JJ will write the whole books over the summer.