Grade 8 Independent Novel Magazine Inquiry Project

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Januaray 2012

Bring out your innerself, from the newborn poem of a blooming soul

An Anthony Trac Production

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A Magazine about a mystery Vol.1 Learn the story about a lost boy, Tom Finder

Tom Finder

What you should know is that Tom found himself on the streets of Calgary near the tower. He was bloody and hurt, but as much as it is sad, the most terrible thing that could ever happen is having amnesia. Tom forgot who he was and on his way figuring stuff out, he made some friends on the way. He is also helping a man, who lives in a park , look for his son.Tom is named a Finder and hopes to find many things. While finding things, will it ever help him discover himself? Read to find out!

“I gave you a gift, I named it in you.�

-Samuel Wolflegs

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Contents 4 I Found Tom Finder

Find more about Tom Finder, as you read the Book

6 Count On Me

Learn more about Bruno Mars song and learn how relates to the book, Tom Finder.

8 The Deep Soul

Learn about a poem Anthiony Trac had created to reflect on the novel, Tom Finder

9 Where I Find Hope

Read the letter that Anthony Trac had wrote to persuade the minisitry of education to include this book in the cirriculum.

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I Found: Tom Finder

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All of the sudden, in one flash, he forgot who he was. This fifteen year old found himself covered in stains on the streets of Calgary. Tom found a notebook and a pen, which he writes what he finds or write what he wants. He prays he would find Daniel Wolflegs, for a worried father, through the long journey of actually discovering himself. He was named a Finder, who was believed to have a finder in him. Later on in the year, he will reach his goal and discover who he is after he buys himself a billboard.

I believe that finding Daniel was more efficient and right because I’m a finder. It’s my job to find and help those who can’t find things they need or want to see. Sam is very worried and he won’t eat if Daniel is not eating. “Daniel is not eating tonight,” he would gravely say after we get something to eat and he would moan and mourn because he misses his son. Sam kicked Daniel out of his house because he wouldn’t agree to house rules, but Sam now regrets about what he did back then.

Mozart brings in interesting music to many people, but why are you interested in Mozart and in particular the CD The Magic Flute?

I love to listen to the latest Mozart’s CD The Magic Flute. It was very soothing and familiar as I listened to it but I took it off to find more clues about my life. Mozart is a very familiar name and I think it will help me uncover who I really am.

Recently, Samuel Wolflegs called you a finder.

What is a Finder and do you believe Sam is right?

What’s your idea about your life right now, do you think you’re on the right track after discovering some things about yourself? For example, finding out you were a fighter.

I think I am on the right track, even though the police won’t help me find my identity because I don’t know my last name. I just need to find Daniel, who’s dad might be so happy when I find his lost son. Then that Agent guy I talked to might get me a corner since he thinks I got guts and I’m a great poet. I think finding out my strengths was what I really know right now.

A Finder is a person who finds things that might be needed or helps out others who can’t find what the finder can. I found a notebook, a pen, a blanket and other. I believed him because I started to find stuff that I believed I could find. I find stuff that was useful and helped me on the way. Then I started to believe Sam. You have lots of mysterious things going on right now, but what is really important for you right now?

God is very important to many people, and you suggested to yourself to go find God. Do you think god will help you uncover who you really are?

I think that believing in god, God is the only person to rely on because a man at a church told me that God doesn’t forget his people. He’s the only one who knows me and I believe that he can uncover the truth or leave clues for me to discover myself.

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Count On Me By: Bruno Mars If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea, I’ll sail the world to find you If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can’t see, I’ll be the light to guide you Find out what we’re made of When we are called to help our friends in need You can count on me like 1 2 3 I’ll be there And I know when I need it I can count on you like 4 3 2 And you’ll be there Cause that’s what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah Wooooh, Wooooh yeah Yeah If you toss and you turn and you just can’t fall asleep I’ll sing a song beside you And if you ever forget how much you really mean to me Everyday I will remind you

Ohh Find out what we’re made of When we are called to help our friends in need You can count on me like 1 2 3 I’ll be there And I know when I need it I can count on you like 4 3 2 You’ll be there Cause that’s what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah Wooooh, Wooooh Yeah YeahW You’ll always have my shoulder when you cry I’ll never let go Never say goodbye You can count on me like 1 2 3 I’ll be there And I know when I need it I can count on you like 4 3 2 You’ll be there Cause that’s what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah Wooooh, Wooooh you can count on me cos’ I can count on you

Writers/Producers: Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, and Ari Levine (These there are also know as the Smeezingtons) Album: Doo-Wops and Hooligans Record Labels: Atlantic Records and Elektra Records Date Released: November 7, 2011 Country Recorded: United States or Australia

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In the chorus, lies a very elegant phrase, “You can Count On Me like 1 2 3, I’ll be there, cause that’s what friends are supposed to do...” What do you think this song means?

Could this song be based on a true story Bruno Mars went through?

I believe theme of this song is that you can rely on your friends and they can rely on you. Some quotes from the song include: “When we are called to help our friends in need” and “I’ll be the light to guide you”. These two parts of the song say that when you have friends, they are there for you when you feel immovable or dis-oriented. So no matter what, true friends would help each other and stay loyal.

Three Figurative Language “I’ll Sail the World to find you” - An exaggeration “I’ll be the light to guide to you” - Personification “Everyday I will remind you” - Also an exaggeration I think these poetic devices help the song and make it better by helping to exaggerate the song and how much the person could really care. “I’ll sail the world to find you” helps make the song better because it means that this person really cares about that person he/she wants to find. That’s the same thing for “Everyday I will remind you” but I’ll be the light to guide you can be a personification. It’s a personification because this person wants to be a light, which the light can guide someone.

Book Relation This song relates to my book because Count On Me is all about friendship and relying on that one friend when you feel sad. Similarly, Tom Finder is also about finding needs that some want. In the story, some people trusted Tom because he was a nice person, always there to lend a hand. Tom finds people they adored and to do favors for people.

What they have in common is that both of these main characters are very lavish and they will do anything for the friends they care about. Tom made friends, the Count On My Character has friends, and they all help each other.

Another similarity that occurs is that both of the main characters from the song and the book both believe. According to the song, the main character won’t sojourn or rest until he/she found what they’ve been looking for. “If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea, I’ll sail the world, to find you” is an example of what I am saying.

In the book, Tom Finder is shown that he believed he could rent a billboard to communicate and ask anyone if they lost a son. He also believed he was a good speller and spelt Pterodactyl.

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The Deep Soul I’m from gloomy-dusty spaces, Where crickets chirp to the muted grace.

I am from a place of suppressed secrets, With too much concealed in open spaces.

From the stunning dawn rays, Where the shine brings out my deepened soul.

From the who-cares, And abruptly bolting off to a new blissful home.

I am from the solemn forgotten parks, Where we’re strays, doing some periled stunts To get to possessions we need.

From the freezing rain of despair, Where soul-shuddering tears escape from my resisting eyes.

From the lavish feelings for hollowgrave societies, In great deep troubles, Where I care for deprived, With Scrumptious Scorching Soup.

My fist of courage will punch a hole, Through the darkening-haunted sky.

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I am a dusky-undetectable chameleon, Camouflaged in great disarray, Where I forgot whom I am, my lovely melodious memory, Where I found myself, bloody and tangled with life, On haunting streets inhabited shadowy figures.

I am from unpleasant-cruel names, Where a stony-blinding force, Struck my oblivious head, Erasing my fleeting hopes and dreams.

In a sinister place, Where I found my buried treasure of wants and desires.

A person I loved, Who deceived my dirty-melancholy eyes.

Now I finWd myself, Deserted on a broken road, Where I construct my ferocity and screech, And felt a harsh pound in my heart.

I now know what I can find, My burdened soul, Inside of me.

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Where I Find Hope

Martine Leavitt, author of Tom Finder, claims, “Every boy has to find out who he really is. This book tells those boys, and girls, that they can create their own identity – they don’t have to let critical voices determine who they are.” The Calgary based novel, Tom Finder is full of haunting mysteries and filled with imagination, exploring a young boy who awakes in dark-miserable, lonesome Calgary Park, not knowing who or where he is.

Should Tom Finder be included in the Grade Eight Curriculum? I believe that Tom finder should be included in the Grade Eight curriculum and should be recommended for a variety of ages. Tom Finder should be included in the curriculum as it shows how this book connects to things that happen to real life of a homeless person. It is very suspenseful as there are cryptic twists and turns. With a very good flow, it engages the readers, as they would understand the lives of homeless people.

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I believe that this book should be included in the Great Eight curriculum because it relates to our real lives as we say homeless people on the streets. If others read this book, they would realize how a person with amnesia felt, someone who didn’t have a place to live in felt. This book is as Martine quoted, “This book tells those boys, and girls, that they can create their own identity.” We don’t know how people feel. We aren’t psychic, but a novel like this can help us sense the true feelings of someone who’s lost. You might be like Tom Finder, as someone might abandon you.

In the book, Samuel Wolflegs states, “Where is home for you?” This connects to many people who walk on the streets and sleep in boxes. “I will stay by the river, praying, until you find him” is what Sam also says as what a apprehensive parent would say when their kid is lost like his.

As readers flip the page and onto the next, they can’t help their-selves, as they want to know what happens, what ominous feeling you will get when you want to know if Tom Finder finds himself. You can’t put down the book because of the many characters Tom meets, and will Tom find his true self. There are numerous favors right behind his very back, groaning to find his/her significant person/object. You want to know Tom Finder, who is a very nice and brave boy, fighting his way through the dark. In the book, you want to know who Pepsi actually is. His cruel looked like he was almost killed. “Peter died after a long struggle with substance abuse. He is survived by his loving parents….” As Tom reads out this very grave anecdote, it reveals the identity of someone you are dyeing to learn about.

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The book has a very good flow, with the thought from Tom of being invisible. Tom feels like a chameleon, where you can imagine because of the great story. This story charges up the reader, widening the eyes of the reader. This engages many people, to find that a boy would risk himself for people he helps. This book could start someone’s day and makes him or her realize the true feelings of being homeless and forgotten. He wants help, but many believed they tried. In the book, Sam thinks Tom is a finder as he argues when Tom believes he is talking non-sense. “You can repay me.

I prayed for a finder, and you found me.” Readers just want to know what it’s about, and it works perfectly with the enigmatic story.

Written by an award winning author of the Marmawell Trilogy, this book is yet too earn many readers because others will learn the true story of a homeless person. This book should be included in the curriculum, because of my reasons and arguments.

Others will get to learn what it would be like to be alone, without anyone caring about you. The book would make you look up in the sky, asking: “I wonder what a homeless person is doing right now?”

This is why I want this book to be in the Grade Eight Curriculum.

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