Scary tests make for scary novel.Novelist Edward Bloor has the perfect story to scare the dickens out of teenagers: A murderous poltergeist poltergeist (pōl`tərgīst) [Ger.,=knocking ghost], in spiritism, certain phenomena, such as rapping, movement of furniture, and breaking of crockery, for which there is no apparent scientific explanation. lives in a magnet school magnet school n. A public school offering a specialized curriculum, often with high academic standards, to a student body representing a cross section of the community. where the students just take standardized tests all day long. Story Time, Bloor's third novel, is not just a traditional thriller but also a satire, targeting the recent test score-mania among politicians, educators and parents, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Lexington Herald-Leader. "I just thought it would be humorous to take things to the nth degree, but then, I have an extreme sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour ." Bloor was quoted as saying. |
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