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Presented by Yousra, Selin, Louis and Gabriel
The author of Notes from the Midnight Driver
Jordan Sonnenblick
Louis is presenting:
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His inspirationwhy did jordan decide to open first chapter sad?Drums, Girls& Dangerous Pie reference
Gabriel is presenting:
Yousra is presenting:
Selin is presenting:
Why did Jordan decide to become a novelist?
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Yousra, Selin,, Gabriel, Louis
the novel NftMD
His books
the role of music
About Jordan
Personal Life
- was born July 4th 1969 in Fort Leanard Wood Missouri- is an english teacher for 14 years (3 years in Texas, 11 years at the Hackettstown- loves to play guitar, bass and drums- he likes to read and study different languages-has written 11 novels- Frank McCourt has thaught him writting lesson and made him a good author- after graduation he married his wife and moved to pennsylvania with his 2 childrenSchools he went to:- New York City´s Stuyvesant High School (1987)- majored english on the University of Pennsylvania
About Jordan
ex-Teacher, Author of books for children and young adults
Jordan Sonnenblick
- Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie (2004)
- Notes From the Midnight Driver (2006)
- Zen and the Art of Faking It (2007)
- Dodger and Me (2008)
- Dodger for President (2009)
- Dodger for Sale (2010)
- After Ever After (2010)
- Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip (2012)
- Are You Experienced? (2013)
- Falling Over Sideways (2016)
- The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade (2017)
His Books:
- His grandfather was a writer and inspired him to become a writer too
- was so impressed noticing his grandfathers name on the spine of the book, so he also made it in his books
Childhood Inspiration
- used to read a lot of different book genres
- mostly read fantasly, science fictons and comic books.
- A fantasy novel '' The Dark is Rising'' inspired him to become a novelist
Why did Jordan decide to become a novelist?
- his first novel
- wrote for his student whose brother was battling with cancer
Who inspired the author for his first book?
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
- Alex and Jordan have same favorite baseball team NY Yankees
- Both parents are divorced which made Jordan insecure and withdraw for 6 months
Jordan's relation to this novel
- Alex had to take care of a dying person
- so they attract the readers into reading more into the story why he has to take care of a dying person
Why did Jordan decide to open the first chapter of the novel sad?
- Steven and Annette are the main characters, who play drums in a band in D,G&DP who are also mentioned in the novel Notes from the Midnight Driver as couple who played in Alexs concert
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie reference
His inspirations
- his grandfather got really sick and he had to fly to florida to be with him in the hospital
- his name is also Soloman and is jewish like that character Sol in the novel
- inspired by his troubled student who was treating his substitue teacher horribly
- made him write an apology, but wrote a weasely excuse note instead
The Novel ''Notes from the Midnight driver''
- Music and Melody play a significant role of NftMd because jordan playing jazz was what he loved when he was a teenager
- Sonnenblick always wished someone would write a teen book that nailed down how he felt when he plays the drums
- Alex express a level of Interest in Music
- a large part of his development takes place after he builds a relationship with people (Sol) who are more interested in music than he is.
The Role of Music in NftMD
Thank you!
Any Questions?
- https://www.jordansonnenblick.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Sonnenblick
- https://kellyrfineman.livejournal.com/211184.html
- The Novel ''Notes from the Midnight Driver''
- https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/scholarly-magazines/sonnenblick-jordan-1969
- kincommunity.com
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