![]() ![]() Schmitt's It's a Wonderful Death is a wonderful read." -Robert Kent, Middle Grade Ninja (this blurb available for future editions). But you have to admit that's one's pretty darn good:) There are few ways as interesting to open a novel as with the death of the main character and by the end of the first paragraph, Schmitt has established the tone of this novel and the voice of the story. Have you ever read such an exciting opening, Esteemed Reader? Probably you have, there are a lot of great books in the world, so you've got me there. My soul from my body and the next minute acts like I’m asking She’s the one you should be haulingĪnd then he shrugs his shoulders. I shake him off and shoot my best withering glare in hisĭirection. “Come with me,” the Reaper insists, tugging on my arm. I’m looking down at my lifeless body while my friends stare atĮach other. Meaning to collect my soul, it doesn’t change the fact that IĪnd no matter what the Grim Reaper says about not You think about it, that makes her a liar and a murderer. ![]() ![]() Reaper and then flees hysterically from the tent. Hand of a black-cloak-clad, sickle-wielding Grim ![]() Right before she uses me as a human shield to avoid the outstretched I’ll have a long life full of possibilities. First Paragraph(s): The gypsy fortune-teller at the Halloween carnival predicts ![]()
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