Basketball Rule #2 (Random text from Dad) Hustle dig Grind push Run fast Change pivot Chase pull Aim shoot Work smart Live smarter Play hard Practice harder Literature [ edit ] The Mysterious Island novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870) and In Search of the Castaways (1867–68) One mother's son is killed in a tragic accident; another's daughter murders two people in a wild rage. From these bitter facts, Beverly Lowry--the first child's mother and an acclaimed novelist--has fashioned a memoir in which the objectivity of true-crime reportage resonates with acute feeling and even, ultimately, with redemption. Illustrator Howard Pyle conceived his work Twilight Land as one such crossover. In it, a nameless narrator is transported to "Twilight Land" and meets famous fairy tale characters for a soirée in an inn: Mother Goose, Cinderella, Fortunatus, Sinbad the Sailor, Aladdin, Boots, the Valiant Little Tailor, and others gather in the framing device and tell each other adventurous tales featuring other literary personages. [4]

I still remember reading the Alex’s first adventure, “Along came a Spider” and almost cried when Alex, then a widower, faced the loss of his new love in an ending twist I would never forget. In the thirty years following, there have been some good (and excellent) adventures and some less-than-stellar outings along the way, but I generally looked forward to the end of each year when another Alex Cross adventure was published. Mom tells Dad that he has to sit in the top row of the bleachers during the game. You’re too confrontational, she says. Filthy, don’t forget to follow through on your jump shot, Dad tells me. JB tells Mom, We’re almost in high school, so no hugs before the game, please. Dad says, You boys ought to treasure your mother’s love. My mom was like gold to me. Yeah, but your mom didn’t come to ALL of your games, JB says. And she wasn’t the assistant school principal either, I add. In literature, some authors also engage in crossovers by including characters from different novels they have written in one.

The earliest such crossover event was Gardner Fox's Zatanna's Search which took place in Hawkman #4 (October/November 1964), Detective Comics #336 (February 1965), The Atom #19 (June/July 1965), Green Lantern #42 (January 1966), Detective Comics #355 (September 1966), and Justice League of America #51 (February 1967). This story dealt with Zatanna attempting to reconnect with her father, Zatara, and seeking the aid of Hawkman, Batman, Robin, the Atom, Green Lantern, and the Elongated Man along the way.

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Quite some suspension of disbelief is required to accept that a professional like Bree Stone would make such a mess of a covert operation, and her cavalier attitude to involving a civilian in a potentially dangerous situation. The resolution of that case comes out of left field and leads right into a teaser for the next book. I had a difficult time rating it because I wanted to give it a four just for the unusual forgiveness and friendship that happened with these two ladies and then three stars because Karla had committed this horrible ugly crime so I went with 3 because goodreads doesn’t do 3.5. This post would not be complete if I didn’t share some wonderful crossover fiction for you to add to your Goodreads shelves. Below you’ll find recommendations for family stories I’ve enjoyed with crossover appeal. Family stories written for teens with crossover to adults: Some within publishing deem a novel “crossover” when it is written for children or young adults but attracts a healthy adult audience. The quintessential example being J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Others—mostly in the fields of public relations and marketing—consider a novel “crossover” when it is written for adults but young adults read and spread the word about it. Think—George R.R. Martin and Game of Thrones.

Crossovers of multiple characters, owned by one company or published by one publisher, have been used to set an established continuity, where characters can frequently meet within one setting. This is especially true of comic book publishers, as different characters in various Marvel, DC, or Valiant comic books frequently interact with one another since they live in a " shared universe". For example, in the Marvel Comics universe, Spider-Man has frequent dealings with another Marvel hero, Daredevil, just as in the DC Comics Universe, the Flash and Green Lantern often collaborate. In comic book terminology, these "guest star" roles are common enough that they are generally not considered crossovers; rather, this short-term collaboration to fight crime is called a team-up. A crossover in comic book terms only occurs when a story spans more than one title. [ citation needed] This has led to "crossover events" in which major occurrences are shown as affecting most or all of the stories in the shared universe; see Category:Crossover comics. I find it particularly galling that Geo W Bush held her in such contempt as he refused to commute her death sentence, high and mighty in his condemnation, that same Geo W Bush who turns out to be one of the biggest US mass murderers, ever, the blood of at least 250,000 Iraqis on his hands. It's comical, though not at all funny. The magic pixie dust for how to reach lots and lots of readers may be elusive, but two things about book discoverability are indisputable: readers are always on the look out for good stories and writers are increasingly desperate to find their people. While the definition of crossover fiction within the industry is debatable—on this readers, writers, agents, editors, and publishers can agree—everyone wins when a novel has ageless appeal.

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The earliest example of a crossover in children's television was PBS' 1971 program The Electric Company. All I can say is that Triple Cross is excellent! The mystery keeps you guessing and while I had a few suspects in mind, I didn't get it right. Like, waaay off! The narrative flips between the entirely separate cases that Cross and Stone are investigating, with occasional contributions from the Family Man and Tull’s researcher. Both cases are somewhat intriguing, although the blurb “a serial killer who’s murdering entire families—and who will next be coming for Cross” is quite misleading. Targeting of Cross’s own family has been done rather too many times already, but not this time. One additional complaint. The other members of Cross’s family seem to be aging—a bit slowly, but the children are growing older on a delayed time span. However, Nana Mama appears to be the same age as she was when the series started almost 30 years ago. She must be 110 now, but Patterson seems to want to keep her around 90, because were she to die, Alex Cross might actually have to show some emotional development. Beverly sees and reads a newspaper article of Karla and for some reason this mother in absolute despair wants to meet Karla.