For the book, Fat Kid rules the world?
Can you answer those questions as possible as you can? 1.Is coming into contact with Curt good for Troy or is it bad or did it not make any change at all? 2.What did you think of Troy's relationship with his father? With his brother? 3.Did these relationships influence Troy's other relationships? If yes, how so? 4.Was Troy real to you? 5.What was your first reaction to Curt? Did you change how you felt about him? 6.Why do you think Curt was so popular with the other kids? 7.Why did Troy do whatever Curt said? 8.What did being in the band mean to Troy? What did performing mean to Troy and to Curt? 9. Several of the characters experience change in this book. What were some of those changes? Which ones seemed the most significant to you? 10. What do you think happens to Curt and Troy after the book ends?
How much is a world book encyclopedia set worth?
With the incredible access to information afforded by the Internet, encyclopedia are not popular today. Given the speed with which information changes, expandes and updates, encyclopedia become quickly outdated as well, even with the annual updates. The World Book site would not be well served were it to report that sets of its encyclopedia are worthless. You might check out Ebay and http://www.abe.com for price comparisons. There are enough people around who find World Book (or others) nice to have in the house or a nice edition to their home libraries, or for sentimental reasons. But for the most part, they are an anachronism. I have an extensive reference library for my work. I find these days that I rarely pull the individual books off the shelf. I just do a quick Google and am able to check multiple sources in a couple of minutes.
Recommend me some good zombie/apocalypse books?
I am Legend by Richard Matheson, as well as the movie, which i thought was really good. World War Z by Max Brooks Plague of the dead by Z.A. Recht The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Made into a film, to be released soon, look for the trailer, stars Robert Carlise) Dead Sea by Brian Keene There are lots you could look into :D
Is it possible to read a 400-page book in one day?
I have a 13-year-old daughter who has a voracious appetite for reading. She reads a couple of books a day (couple hundred pages an hour, may be more). I consider myself a reasonably fast reader and she reads 6 times as fast as me. She retains information just as well as I do despite her speed (I know this because I'll often quiz her about the content). She recently told me that she's read every fiction book in her middle school library. She reads them during breaks at school, in between classes, lunch, on the bus ride home, etc.It's fun watching her eyes dart around when she's reading. She started a blog a year ago (PriyankaReads) where she shares book recommendations with others - I think it takes her longer to write each of her blog posts than it does to actually read the books.Regarding her reading speed, She took a quick test at my asking (Speed Reading: Test Your Reading Speed) and clocked in at 1872 words/minSo it's certainly possible - I could do it in a day, but I know someone that routinely does it in an hour or two** Wow - close to 2 years and almost 10K up votes later, readers here are still offering positive comments and feedback! For those that have inquired, Priyanka is still just as prolific a reader as she was when I originally wrote this answer. She has kept up her blog as well. Demands of high school have meant that she doesn’t write as many book reviews as she used to, but she still tries to whenever she can make time for it. She has over 225 book reviews on her blog now. Many of you have visited her blog and left her positive feedback there, which has served to encourage her to continue reading and blogging. Many thanks!