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First Line Friday: September 22
First Line Friday
Grab your book!
Flip to the first page.
Type the first few sentences.
Here is my book! Save Me A Seat by Sarah Weeks
Most people in America cannot pronounce my name.
On the first day at my new school, my teacher, Mrs. Beam, is brave enough to try.
“Sur-yan-yay-nay,” she says, her eyebrows twitching as she attempts to sound it out.
“Sur-ee-ah-neh-RI-ya-nan,” I say slowly.
She tries again, but it is no better.
“I’m going to have to work on that,” she says with a laugh.
I laugh too.
Suryanarayanan is my surname. My first name is Ravi. It’s pronounced rah-VEE, with a soft rah and a strong VEE. In Sanskrit, it means “the sun.” In America, people call me RAH-vee, with the stress on the first syllable. That doesn’t mean anything.
Are you sure you’re all packed? You´re not forgetting anything? What about the tent? This quote makes me feel excited because I want to know why they need a tent and I think they are going camping.
how do you say that name?????
I listened to the audiobook and it helped a lot! I loved listening to this book rather than read it.
From his perch behind the clock, Hugo could see everything.
It was the summer of 1864 and we were ready to go!
That really sounds interesting I might it.How long have you been reading it?
Hello! It was really good! I actually listened to it, so it took a couple of weeks. I don’t think it is that long of a book though.