Jimmy lived with his parents in a small town in Pennsylvania. Nothing much ever happened in Giradville. He went to catholic school and played in the basketball team with his best friend Frankie. He was a good student that got staight A’s. Everything was going well for him until one day he got
sick with chickenpox. When he got sick he missed school for two weeks and feel behind in his school work. Then when he went back to school he got sick again with pneumonia and the doctor said he had to stay home another two weeks. With all that happening to him he was no longer a straight A
student and lost the chance to play in the basketball championship and his team lost. Now he felt his life had no meaning. He spent the summer hanging out with the kids from the public school and played videos games all summer long. When he started high school he felt like he was average like everyone else and thought that maybe making a comic book would make his life have meaning because he created the book by himself.
My favorite part of the book is when Jimmy gave his finished comic book to his new friend Tony Graziano to read. He was so excited to finish the comic book but Tony told him he didn’t like it. He said because it was the same as every other comic book about super heroes. He gave him the idea to write a comic book about Jimmy’s own life. “THAT’S THE DUMBEST IDEA I’VE EVER HEARD!!!” replied Jimmy. But then he actually liked the idea and agreed to try it. It took a while to finish the comic book and finally he finished it and now his friends liked it because it was about them too. He sold copies of the book at school and many students bought them.
At the end Jimmy realized his life did have meaning even if he was not as popular as before. this experience started the beginning of the rest of his life as a comic book writer. He has inspired many young writers to not be afraid to write about themselves in a good way.
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