Morton Rhue is only a pseudonym. It's a wordplay with the French words "Mort=Tod" and "Rue=Strasse" , his real name is Todd Strasser.
After studying literature he earnd his own money as a busker in the USA and Europe.
Then he worked as an pressman and wrote his first short-storys, which were released in the "New York Times" and "The New Yorker". By the way he wrote his first novels and made himself a name.
His most famous book is "The Wave". Some other famous books are:
- Fame Junkies
- Give a boy a gun
- How I changed my life
- and so on...
Year 9 "Gymnasium" reads 18 different books in English for young readers and presents them in this blog. This is one part of their presentation, the other one will be orally held in class. Click on "Tasks" on the left and you'll find out more about the reading tasks! Going off to Australia in year 10. John Marsden's "Tomorrow When the War Began" is going to be our choice for our year 10 literature classes this year. Find out more on the pages below.
I didn't know the French thing, well done!
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ReplyDeleteWell done and also very interesting. Of course liked the french thing.
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