Chet Morton

successfully. They then detour to the farm of Chet Morton, a “school chum of the Hardy boys [who] lived on a farm about a mile out of Bayport” (Dixon 14). On the way to Chet’s they discover the car that almost killed them overturned. They examine the wreck to find that it has been abandoned. Upon arriving at Chet’s, they discover that his jalopy, the ‘Queen’ has been stolen. They drive into their hometown of Bayport, where they run into Callie Shaw. Callie accuses Chet of lending his car to someone who then

The Copper Gauntlet by Casandra Clare and Holly Black picks up where The Iron Trial left off. Almost-13-year-old Callum Hunt, along with his Chaos-ridden pet wolf, Havoc, is back home from his first year At the Magisterium (a school for mages) for summer vacation. But Callum's Dad is acting weirdly, and Callum thinks that his father knows what Call had just found out: that he apparently has the soul of Constantine Madden (the evil Enemy of Death). When Havoc goes missing Call searches for him. Discovering

The story begins with a prologue telling about the people who built Ember, and what happened before the present day. The builders were the ones who built the city of Ember, where most of the story’s beginning occurs. Since the city was built underground, resources wouldn’t last forever, so the builders created a chest that would open after a set amount of time. The chest was to be passed down from mayor to mayor, however one mayor was deathly sick and thought the chest contained something that could

They climbed the hill next to them and delivered the papers. They were going to Chets house to say hi, and they saw the blue car had crashed into a ditch there was no one in the car. They went down Chets driveway and saw that Chet was sad; the man had stolen Chets yellow car. Chet and the Hardy Boys went around town asking if anyone say a yellow car go bye. Their friend Callie who had a cake in her hand said Chets yellow car was going so fast that it scared her and she dropped the cake. The Hardy

Big Boys The Big Boys Newspaper was historically accurate in that the newspapers date was 1929 and all the facts were correct. The newspaper felt more professional than most of the other newspapers I reviewed and it felt like it was something that the New York Times might release. It was easy to follow their train of thought and understand. The only issue I have with their newspaper is their font seemed to change a couple of times. They educated me on the topics of the Teapot Dome Scandal and the

Have you often noticed that you are extremely different from your parents, grandparents, or even children and their friends? Throughout generations, what young adults are like changes rapidly. Things such as values, limitations, interests, and many more things are ever changing. The young adults in The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure, by Franklin W. Dixon are drastically different than those of the current generation. Some of these differences include; those of the current generation tend to be more

are on their motorcycles. Out for a Saturday morning ride and an errand for their father, the boys are angry with the reckless driver who appeared to have red hair. They continue to drive to Willowville. The boys decide to stop at Chet Morton’s house on the way back. Chet is a close friend of the Hardy boys. On the way back they find a crashed vehicle but don't see anyone nearby or injured. At Chet’s house Frank and Joe learn that Chet’s car (the Queen) has been stolen. The friends talk about

Particularly, Snow’s “melodic country vocals,” unique diction and a distinctive guitar playing have had an impact that altered perceptions of the sound of country music and held meaning historically. I’m Movin’ On is a piece of music that had specific meaning during the time of the Korean War. During the war the song “aired on the Armed Services Radio Network.” The song was then reworded by a soldier when it was “thought that the song was sung by black soldiers of the 24th Infantry Regiment,

Shawn Johnson is famous for her outstanding performance in the Olympic gymnastics games. Twenty-four year old gymnasts Shawn Johnson was born on January 19, 1992 in Des Moines, Iowa. Shawn Johnson attended the Olympics at age 16 and won a gold medal in the balance beam event for the U.S.A. Shawn Johnson participated on the show Dancing with the Stars with her partner Mark Ballas. Shawn Johnson is an influential person because she was born in Iowa, went to the Olympics in 2008, and won a gold medal

When country music began in America, there were no professional musicians. The typical musician sang only to entertain himself, his family or at local events. There is evidence of square dance-like events as far back as the 1830s (with origins in European country dancing). At first, most country music was either sung by itself or played on a lone fiddle or banjo. A good fiddler was a very popular person and was often asked to perform at events ranging from weddings to cattle drives. There was no