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<b>Fledgling Wings by Angelica A. </b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10qbAwa7wtxzG6Adf1lDM2r7chahdIceu4WXzPHe8QXU/edit#">Read more here!</a><br/>
 
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A young boy named Jonas is a normal teenager. Except for the fact that he is a chimera, a hybrid of human and animal DNA that exceeds 10%. He has enough trouble coping with that, but then his friend David disappears. Now he must discover where his friend is and the secrets behind his disappearance and of all chimeras.
 
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This novel is about 21-year-old Joseph Kadlowski. The story begins with Joe waking up numb and alone with a slip of paper on his body. That little slip of paper is his obituary. As this mind-twisting story unfolds, Joseph learns that he has been killed and his soul transferred into a government-made body that will forever change his perspective on reality. The government is using new technology that captures the essence of the human soul and places it into bodies made by special labs of the MBA (Mindless Being Association). Think of this as a sort of "Frankenstein-ish" tale with high-tech gadgets and wild rides that will leave the reader craving more...
This novel is about 21-year-old Joseph Kadlowski. The story begins with Joe waking up numb and alone with a slip of paper on his body. That little slip of paper is his obituary. As this mind-twisting story unfolds, Joseph learns that he has been killed and his soul transferred into a government-made body that will forever change his perspective on reality. The government is using new technology that captures the essence of the human soul and places it into bodies made by special labs of the MBA (Mindless Being Association). Think of this as a sort of "Frankenstein-ish" tale with high-tech gadgets and wild rides that will leave the reader craving more...
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A young boy named Jonas is a normal teenager. Except for the fact that he is a chimera, a hybrid of human and animal DNA that exceeds 10%. He has enough trouble coping with that, but then his friend David disappears. Now he must discover where his friend is and the secrets behind his disappearance and of all chimeras.
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<b>Perfect Monster by Maggie Burns </b><a href="http://perfect-monster.blogspot.com/">Read more here!</a><br/>
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This is the story of a medical researcher who commits crimes against humanity to stop a war, then from exile tries to save the world from the terrible fallout of his acts.</p>
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NaNoWriMo



National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.

Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved.

As participants spend November writing, they can draw comfort from the fact that, all around the world, other National Novel Writing Month participants are going through the same joys and sorrows of producing the Great Frantic Novel. Wrimos meet throughout the month to offer encouragement, commiseration, and—when the thing is done—the kind of raucous celebrations that tend to frighten animals and small children.

In 2009, NaNoWriMo had 167,150 participants. 32,178 of them crossed the 50k finish line by the midnight deadline, entering into the annals of NaNoWriMo superstardom forever. They started the month as auto mechanics, out-of-work actors, and middle school English teachers. They walked away novelists.