Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Author Andrew Clements said that one of his favorite books when he was a kid was The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Does that sound like a certain protagonist?
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Apparently, Andrew Clements sent his story about an invisible boy to publishers three times—and was rejected each time. He ended up having to rewrite the whole thing in order to publish it.
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Andrew Clements doesn't think that the idea of turning invisible is something novel or terribly creative—according to him; it's an idea "as old as God."
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