And he starts looking for books or something to read, a. Characters characters protagonist antagonist the protagonist in this book is duncan, a curious seventeen year old working in the depths of a transit lost and found. Duncan is seventeen years old and works at the lost and found for the toronto transit system. May 09, 2009 when the police dont believe his story, duncan and his friends realize they must take matters into their own hands. Acceleration readers circle kindle edition by mcnamee, graham. Duncan, vinny, and wayne are all friends working or wasting time the summer before senior year in high school. Theme and summary of acceleleration book br graham mcnamee. To edit or update the above biography on graham mcnamee, please log in or register.
Its a hot summer and in the depths of the toronto transit authoritys lost and found, 17yearold duncan is cataloging misplaced belongings. Mcnamees hate you taut novel reads like a fastpaced nailbiter of a movie. Vin brought his swiss army knife the idiot thing weighs about two pounds and includes scissors and a corkscrew. They carefully follow individual clues to identify the participants until the exciting climax. I feel a tremendous urge to rip this leatherbound book of mental diarrhea into confetti to destroy it and the warped mind it came from.
Use two examples from the chapter in your answer to support your ideas. Hes in the lost and found department where massive amounts of stuff are stored waiting for owners to claim. A teenager, duncan, is working a summer job below the streets in the subway. Seventeenyearold duncan cant believe he has to spend his summer working at the toronto transit commissions lost and found, the most boring place on earth.
In his office below the subway tunnels, duncan sorts through and retrieves items lost on buses and trains. Summer reading book acceleration by graham mcnamee. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. This book is about a kid who works in a train station lost and found. Well, since a summary isnt truly necesarry, ill jutjump into t. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Its a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the toronto transit authoritys lost and found, 17yearold duncan is catal. Acceleration by graham mcnamee duncan, vinny, and wayne are. Certain her constable father and florist mother wouldnt believe her shadow stories, she entrusts best friend and creep sister lexi, a budding cinematographer with an interest in film noir, to help her solve the mystery. Graham mcnamee is the awardwinning author of five novels.
This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of acceleration by graham mcnamee. Character types of complications scott chases duncan out of his house with a knife all the way to a subway station where scott ends up hit by a train and duncan with several broken bones but. Graham mcnamee books, biography, contact information. Young adult literature lesson plans, authors maclachlanmeldrum patricia maclachlan lesson plans and resources for teaching sarah, plain and tall. Acceleration by graham mcnamee hazel wests character. How do authors come up with such clever and captivating story ideas. Keywords girlfriend, brains, nightmares, three women, boasts. Character types of complications scott chases duncan out of his house with a knife all the way to a subway station where scott ends up hit by a train and duncan with several broken bones but still alive. Young adult literature lesson plans, authors maclachlan. Acceleration is the short tale of duncan, who lives in a low rent apartment block in toronto called the jungle and has secured, for the long hot summer, a job rooting through the lost and found. Duncan the main character who serves as the protagonist of the story. Then he finds a little leather book filled with the dark and. Duncan, vinny, and wayne are all friends working or wasting time the summer. So he can crack open some wine after he gives the nut a haircut.
Seventeenyearold duncan hates his summer job in the lostandfound department of the toronto transit commission. Acceleration by graham mcnamee by tom davis on prezi. Hate you, nothing wrong with a threelegged dog, sparks, and acceleration. When he looks through a lost diary and finds a wouldbe murderers plans for his first victim, he. Find one reference that duncan makes in this chapter about his parents. It always kept me wanting more, and at the end of the book i was ready to go buy any other books by the author. The more he reads, the more he becomes convinced that this is the diary of a serial killer. If there is a sparknotes, shmoop, or cliff notes guide. Tom by michelle magorian scroll down on the page to find reading activities.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading acceleration readers circle. Eng 2pi acceleration chapter questions chapter one 1. He also abused animals afor his entertainment and they ended up in the. Acceleration by graham mcnamee amys marathon of books. Acceleration book by graham mcnamee first song is called xfiles second song is called hello zepp. During the summer, duncan is working at an average subway lost and found, where he finds a mysterious journal. As in acceleration 2003 and bonechiller 2008, mcnamee delivers another taut, spinetingling page turner. The mainv idea of this book was that there was a 17 year old that worked at a lost and found at toronto besides a subway station. Some who are critical of this novel must not have read all of it because all of the preliminary facts and details suck the reader into the world of the main character, duncan. Set in contemporary toronto, the story follows 17yearold duncan as he finds a disturbing diary and attempts to follow the clues inside to catch a serial killer. This is a really great, fastpaced mystery crime novel.
The other part of what made me drool over this book was the fictional plot. But things get more interesting when he finds the diary of a serial killer among the unclaimed i. At the end of the previous summer, duncan tried to save a drowning girl and failed. The author did everything to the best of his ability, although this is graham mcnamees first time writing a mystery novel. Duncan is the soul, vinny the brains, and wayne the muscle. Actor scott brick reads graham mcnamee s first person mystery wendy lamb books, 2003 with ease, truly becoming duncan. Acceleration by graham mcnamee overdrive rakuten overdrive. Duncan hands over the book to roach and then follows him to his house. Its a diary filled with the dark and dirty secrets of a twisted mind, a serial killer. Behind the words theres this big nothing where a conscience should be, a black hole sucking you down into the dark. Find all available study guides and summaries for acceleration by graham mcnamee. This summary of acceleration includes a complete plot overview spoilers included. This book is number 8 in my 50 books challenge of 2010. I want to tell you guys about this exciting book i just read.
As duncan starts reading the book he realizes its a diary of a crazy man who is documenting all of the animal killings and arson that he has committed. Acceleration character summary graham mcnamee free essays. Some of the published credits of graham mcnamee include bonechiller, acceleration. Apr 12, 2005 listen to acceleration audiobook by graham mcnamee. The book i read was acceleration by graham mcnamee. Its a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the toronto transit auth. Acceleration by graham mcnamee is published by wendy lamb books, 2003. A teen discovers a diary in which the writer plots a murder, so he enlists his friends to help him catch the wouldbe murderer. Doomed to work his summer away in the lost and found department of the toronto transit commission, duncan is passing his time. He originated playbyplay sports broadcasting for which he was awarded the ford c. It is filled with secrets of a serial killer stalking women in the subway.
The title of the book, acceleration, symbolizes that duncan has to find. And in his job he is supposed to collect all of the lost and found items and when he notices the book that has been there for a very long time and nobody had gone to pick it up. Duncan cannot believe that the man he has spent so much time trying to find has just appeared right infront of him. Some people you cant be friends with, not when youve been something more. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Its a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the toronto transit authoritys lost and found, 17yearold duncan is cataloging lost things and sifting through accumulated junk. This book sort of meanders until about halfway through, the you just better hold on for the ride to they end. Sep 11, 2012 graham mcnamee is the awardwinning author of five novels, including sparks, which won the first penphyllis naylor working writer fellowship. In duncans case, he is only recieving minimum wage at work, so in return he only gives a minimal amount of effort. And between jacob, the cranky old man who runs the place, and the endless dusty boxes overflowing with stuff no one will ever claim, duncans just about had enough.
Acceleration readers circle kindle edition by mcnamee. Duncan the main leading character of the story discovers a journal belonging to what he thinks is a serial killer and he uses his knowledge of profiling as well as the clues from the journal to try to decipher who the serial killer is and who are his intended. One day while duncan is working at the lost and found a miracle happens, a tall man comes in and asks for a leather book, its roach. Acceleration by graham mcnamee figurative language by. The use of all the literary elements is part of what made me fall in love with it spend more time reading it. I really liked this book because it is a mystery and i am a fan of most mystery books. Published in 2005, acceleration is a young adult thriller by graham mcnamee.
Acceleration summary and analysis like sparknotes free book. How the book ended was a bit disappointing though, i find most books end. Theme and summary of acceleleration book br graham. Published in 2005, acceleration is a young adult thriller by graham. Graham mcnamee july 10, 1888 may 9, 1942 was an american radio broadcaster, the mediums most recognized national personality in its first international decade. Graham mcnamee has here written the male equivalent of the impeccable speak by laurie halse anderson, or perhaps a teenage, literary, mundane unbreakable. What duncan means when he says this is that the amount of effort you give towards something is the amount you recieve in return. My second book by graham mcnamee and i enjoyed this one even. Duncan had failed in an effort to save a drowning girl the summer before and he is haunted by the memory. When he looks through a lost diary and finds a wouldbe murderers plans for his first. Its a diary filled with the dark and dirty secrets of a twisted mind, a serial killer stalking his prey in the subway.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Seventeenyearold duncan works in the toronto transit lost and found. His pleasant voice resonates at a comfortable pace, and he varies the speed to suit the mood, using pauses to add suspense. His boss, jacob, is a grumpy old man and duncan is forced to sort through hundreds of lost items everyday. Jun 01, 2010 acceleration book by graham mcnamee first song is called xfiles second song is called hello zepp. Duncan is bored to death working in the toronto subways lostandfound department way below street level until he finds a little brown book that turns out to be the diary of a potential serial killer. Roachs novel consisted of newspaper clippings with his murders in it. Actor scott brick reads graham mcnamees first person mystery wendy lamb books, 2003 with ease, truly becoming duncan. Then he finds a little leather book filled with the dark and dirty secrets of a twisted mind, a serial killer stalking his prey in the subway. Duncan from acceleration by graham mcnamee, page 33. Finding out what acceleration means is an interesting part of this novel.
Duncan from acceleration by graham mcnamee, page 149. Buy the paperback book acceleration by graham mcnamee at indigo. Acceleration by graham mcnamee book journals writework. And between jacob, the cranky old man who runs the. Acceleration by graham mcnamee essay 23 words bartleby. Duncan the main leading character of the story discovers a journal belonging to what he thinks is a serial killer and he uses his knowledge of. Acceleration is a wonderfully written suspense novel. Specialedsimplified accelerationreading quiz acceleration by graham mcnamee the story is about a 17 year old, duncan, that works in the lost and found for the transit. Its a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the toronto transit. Apr 24, 2020 interview with graham mcnamee about acceleration. Graham mcnamee is a published author of childrens books and young adult books. Students must read each quote from acceleration and then decide what type of figure of speech is being used. This is the teaser to an amazing book i read acceleration by.
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