1. By Michael Northrop Power point by Neah McGovern
Plunked
By Michael Northrop
Power point by Neah McGovern

2. Characters Main character: Jack Mogens More characters
Dustin: Middle school baseball player
Coach Wainwrite: coach of baseball team
Andie: Jack’s best friend
Jackson: The star pitcher of the team
More characters
Katie Bow: The only girl on the team
Malfoid: Malfoid is his nickname
Chester: super short kid who is hard to strike out
Jp: The star pitcher on the team

3. Settings Home in a town named Tall Pine Tall Pine Middle school
Baseball field in baseball season

4. Plot
Jack Mogens is up to bat. The pitcher throws an insider. Way inside! Jack realizes it’s a fast ball. WHAM! Next thing he knows he’s flat on his back. What has happened to Jack?

5. Spoiler Alert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6. Solution
Jack looks over and saw his helmet on the ground. People swarm him. A short while later his parents take him to the doctor’s office. The doctor says he has a minor concussion. After that he heads home. In the end he thinks he will have to quit baseball but then he finds out he does not have to quit. If you want to know more read Plunked

7. About the Author
Michael Northrop lives in New York city. He is the author of three YA novels. He is originally from Salisbury, Connecticut. He said it was a great place to grow up, shooting BB guns at soda cans and kicking field goals for his high school football team as a kid. A fun fact about Michael Northrop is he stepped on a yellow jacket’s nest and was stung 75 times. He is dyslexic.

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