Which fictional schoolboy is the eponymous subject of books by Francesca Simon?
"has announced that it will stage an opera based on Simon's book ""The Monstrous Child"", about the Norse god of the dead, Hel, as an angry teenager. The opera is composed by Gavin Higgins with libretto by Simon, and is scheduled for 2019. In 2008, Simon won the British Book Award for The Children's Book of the Year with ""Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman"". She is the first American to do so. Francesca Simon Francesca Isabella Simon (born February 23, 1955) is an American author who resides in London. She is most famous for writing the ""Horrid Henry"" series"
"published on October 6, 2015. ""Carry On"" is based on the book series central to the plot of ""Fangirl."" It acts as the eighth book in a fictional series by Gemma T. Leslie about a boy ""mage"" named Simon Snow who attends a ""magickal"" school called Watford. In his eighth year at school, Simon struggles to come to terms with his calling as the ""Chosen One"" meant to destroy the Insidious Humdrum, a magical force destroying the ""world of mages."" He embarks on his quest with his best friend Penelope and his girlfriend Agatha, all the while struggling with T."
"""Simon Snow"" is the name of the fictional series of novels that the protagonist in ""Fangirl"" (Cath) obsesses about. ""Carry On, Simon"" is the name of the novel-within-a-novel-based-on-a-book-series that Cath is writing in ""Fangirl"". However, Rowell has said that ""Carry On"" is a standalone novel and not meant to be seen as written by Cath. Simon Snow is returning to Watford, a magical school in England, for his eighth and final year. Over the course of the next few months, Simon comes to terms with his responsibility as the Chosen One, set to defeat the Insidious Humdrum, who has been"
"happens, a new student has arrived at the school, and, by sheer coincidence, his name is Martin Simon. The two boys are the complete antithesis of each other – Martin Simon passed all his science exams with flying colours, reads voraciously and even speaks and reads French fluently. The class teacher, Mr. Cartright, sends the boy to Dr. Feltham's class, and Simon, who had been sent there by accident, soon arrives. The class are choosing their options for their contribution to the school Science Fair. They wish they could work on one of the most exciting experiments – The Exploding"
"writing fairy tales to pay for Ginta's education after Danna's disappearance. Koyuki often attempted cheering Ginta up after this by making Ginta cakes during school's free period, though, as Ginta revealed, they tasted awful. A fun-loving, care-free boy with a ponytail who uses as his ÄRM. Ginta is a fourteen-year-old boy as a 2nd year student in Japan. He has always had a daydreaming problem; falling asleep in class happens on a regular basis. Ginta's dreams are about a fantasy world in which he is the hero. On many occasions he tells Koyuki, the only person who believes that his"
"Fotherington-Tomas Basil Fotherington-Tomas is a classic fictional character in a series of books by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle starring the archetypal English prep school boy of the 1950s, Nigel Molesworth, who is the supposed author. Nigel is a schoolboy at St Custard's, a fictional (and terrible) prep school located in a carefully unspecified part of England. Nigel's spelling is extremely uneven, a feature found endearing by fans. Whilst Nigel epitomises the worthy inky and earthy school boy, Fotherington-Tomas is the opposite, being an effete and loathed sissy. Fotherington-Tomas is reported to bear a certain resemblance to Little Lord Fauntleroy;"
"The School for Good and Evil The School for Good and Evil is a fantasy fairytale hexalogy of books by Soman Chainani. The first novel in the series was published on May 12, 2013. The series is set in a fictional widespread location known as the Endless Woods. The original trilogy (known as The School Years) follows the adventures of best friends Sophie and Agatha at The School for Good and Evil, an enchanted institution where children are trained to become fairytale heroes or villains, respectively. The second trilogy (The Camelot Years) follows Agatha and her true love Prince Tedros"
"Horrid Henry Horrid Henry is a children's book series by Francesca Simon and illustrated by Tony Ross. The first ""Horrid Henry"" book was written and published in 1994 by Orion Books and as of 2019, there will be twenty-five titles published, as well as many other collections, activity books and joke books. Novel Entertainment produced an animated television series for CITV. It is a slice-of-life series featuring the titular Henry, a self-centred, naughty boy who has issues with authority who will typically be faced with a problem and then will often retaliate in interesting ways that involve trickery, rule-breaking and"
"Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is a 2015 young adult novel and the debut book by American author Becky Albertalli. The coming-of-age story focuses on the titular protagonist Simon Spier, a closeted gay high school boy who is forced to come out after a blackmailer discovers Simon's emails to another closeted classmate with whom he has fallen in love. Albertalli received the William C. Morris Award from the American Library Association, an annual honor for young adult literature. The novel was also featured on the National Book Award Longlist and listed by the"
"high school girl. Since she never knew real parents or friends, things quickly become very confusing for her. She makes friends with Oliver, a skater with a crush on her; and Francesca, a nice girl who used to be friends with Luna's rival. But she also has to deal with the emotions and events many teenagers face. To make matters much harder on Luna, the boy she develops a crush on, Jonah, is the son of her main enemy, Count Von Brucken. Amazing Agent Luna Amazing Agent Luna is an original English-language manga series written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina"
"Susan Simmons. My Teacher Is an Alien My Teacher Is an Alien is a four-book science fiction children's book series authored by Bruce Coville. The titles include: The plot is about three children, Peter Thompson, who is called a nerd, Susan Simmons, and school bully Duncan Dougal. Susan eventually discovers that Mr. Smith, their teacher, is actually an orange-eyed green alien named Broxholm, who seems to be planning a world invasion. She calls Peter for help, and later Duncan. They later discover that Broxholm's motives are much more complex. At the end, they publicly reveal Mr. Smith to be Broxholm"
"In addition to continuing to develop the character in the spirit of previous ""Spirou et Fantasio"" author Franquin, in this series Tome and Janry paid homage to Franquin's manner of animating the gag's signature. This series details the antics of the character as an elementary schoolboy. A lot of the gags center around the character's interest in the opposite sex, most notably he and his pals coming up with ways of spying on the girls' showers and dressing room. Other topics concern religion and the contradictions and absurdities of the adult world. It is generally acknowledged that, psychologically speaking, the"
"whilst he is also a student at St. Custard's school, he is regularly dismissed as a being a 'gurl' and a sissy by Molesworth due to his curly blond locks and his questionable tendency to skip around the school saying such things as ""hullo clouds, hullo sky"". In several footballing scenes in the books, Fotherington-Tomas plays in goal. He is a surprisingly talented tennis-player. Fotherington-Tomas Basil Fotherington-Tomas is a classic fictional character in a series of books by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle starring the archetypal English prep school boy of the 1950s, Nigel Molesworth, who is the supposed author."
"Simon Bloom Simon Bloom is a series of young adult novels by Michael Reisman. Set in the fictional town of Lawnville, New Jersey, it is about a boy who finds a book that lets him control the laws of physics. The first of the books was acquired by Walden Media. There are three novels in the series: ""Simon Bloom, The Gravity Keeper"" is the first book in the series. Simon, a boy with a very energetic, imaginative mind, is drawn into Dunkerhook Woods - a hidden, magical place that no one has ever noticed before. A mysterious book falls out"
"Rainbow Boys Rainbow Boys is the first novel in a trilogy by Alex Sánchez, focusing on the issues gay and questioning youth face as they come of age. This book is followed by ""Rainbow High"" and ""Rainbow Road"". The story follows the overlapping lives of three high school seniors, with the chapters alternating between their different points of view. Jason Carrillo, the popular jock, finds himself questioning his sexuality and decides to attend a meeting for gay youth. He does not expect to see his classmates Kyle Meeks and Nelson Glassman at the meeting. Afterwards, Kyle, the mostly-closeted swimmer, decides"
"""Gatsby le magnifique"" (literally ""Gatsby the Magnificent""). François Seurel, the 15-year-old narrator of the book, is the son of M. Seurel, who is the director of the mixed-ages school in a small village in the Sologne, a region of lakes and sandy forests in the heartland of France. After arriving in class, the 17-year-old Augustin Meaulnes, a bright young man who comes from a modest background, soon disappears. Because of his tallness, he acquires the nickname ""grand"". He becomes a hero figure to the class and takes off one evening on an escapade where he chances on a magical costume"
"Seymour Simon (author) Seymour Simon (born August 9, 1931) is an American writer of children's books; he is primarily a science writer. Simon was born in New York City. He graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and the City College of New York. A science teacher for 23 years, he began writing for children in the early 1960s. Simon is the world's most prolific writer of science books for younger children (up to fifth grade, age 11 or so), with more than 250 titles listed in ""Books in Print"" and more than a dozen original e-books. He also"
"(1975) covers much the same period (1393–1413). King’s Henry IV & Henry V (Simon’s friend) also appear in it. Simon the Coldheart Simon the Coldheart is a novel by Georgette Heyer. In the year 1400 14-year-old Simon the illegitimate son of Geoffrey of Malvallet fends for himself after his mother’s death. He forces himself into the service of Fulk of Montlice – his natural father’s most hated foe. Simon works his way up from Fulk’s Page until he is on equal footing with Montlice’s son & heir, his friend Alan. He meets Geoffrey of Malvallet, the legitimate son of Simon's"
"them or someone they love to either break the terms, or suffer greatly. Simon returns to the school and makes it his mission to defend the students against the Fiends as well as their own misjudgments. With him is a precocious young boy named Isaac who has the ability to banish and destroy Friends that breach their own contracts. The story gets more complicated when it is discovered that for every case Simon wins, the closer he gets to losing his soul. Simon was once a brilliant law student, focusing on family law. However, following a terrifying introduction to his"
"and mannerisms. Fonte is a 15-year-old boy, wearing a blue shirt, shorter crew-cut hair. He is similar to Nonte in physical appearance though neither are related to each other. They seem to think alike as well. Keltu is a 19-year-old tall boy, very greedy, thief, and a liar, a senior bully in Nonte and Fonte's class. He's the only student who wears trousers instead of shorts probably on account of his advanced years. In one comic strip the reader learns that he has failed the class six times and the governing body of the school wants to get rid of"
"the book moving briskly. Not a must-have but a worthwhile purchase."" Nancy J. Johnson in her review for ""The Reading Teacher"" said that ""Fletcher's characters are realistic and complicated. They rely on the writing lessons Mr. Fabiano taught them to explain, understand, and uncover the challenges of growing up and facing independence."" Flying Solo (novel) Flying Solo is a young adult novel written by Ralph Fletcher, first published in 1998. Mr. Fabiano is a sixth-grade teacher who calls in sick on April 28. When his class arrives, they discover that their substitute teacher has not shown up. The class decides"
"studying in Simon's school, but he doesn't know that Alex and ""Kobran"" is the same person. Björn behaves sillily and Simon goes away into his room, but Björn follows him. When he sees Simon's lion posters on the walls, he tells Simon that he has seen real lions in Africa. Then Simon becomes happy and asks if he can protect him well; he ""can't protect him from lions but from other things"". The next time Björn brings his son Alex to the dinner and then Simon understands that it's Alex who is ""Kobran"". First Alex is nice but later he"
"Carry On (novel) Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow is the third young adult novel written by Rainbow Rowell, published in 2015. The story follows the final year of magical schooling for Simon Snow, the ""Chosen One"" of the magical world prophesied to defeat the Insidious Humdrum, an evil force that has been wreaking havoc on the World of Mages for years. The novel is told through several narrative voices, including that of Simon, his roommate/enemy and later boyfriend Baz, his best friend Penelope, and his ex-girlfriend Agatha. The novel is a spinoff from Rowell's novel ""Fangirl""."
"Love, Simon Love, Simon is a 2018 American romantic teen comedy-drama film directed by Greg Berlanti, written by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, and based on the novel ""Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda"" by Becky Albertalli. The film stars Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, and Jennifer Garner. It centers on Simon Spier, a closeted gay high school boy who is forced to balance his friends, his family, and the blackmailer threatening to out him to the entire school, while simultaneously attempting to discover the identity of the anonymous classmate with whom he has fallen in love online. ""Love, Simon"" premiered"
"Griffin Gluck played Rafe Khatchadorian. Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life is a realistic fiction novel by James Patterson that serves as the beginning of Patterson's ""Middle School"" series. Published in the United States by Little, Brown and Company on June 27, 2011, the book follows sixth grader Rafe Khatchadorian as he begins middle school and ""copes with the awkwardness of adolescence: crushes, bullying, family issues"" as he attempts to break every school rule and collect the most points any student's ever been given. The book received critical acclaim from"
"internationally on various dates throughout 2018. Simon Spier is a closeted gay 16-year-old junior in high school and a fond musical theater student living in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. Unknown to everyone, including his family and friends, Simon has been emailing with someone named ""Blue"", using the pseudonym ""Jacques"". As the two get closer however, Simon starts to get blackmailed; his secret is threatened to be released if he doesn't play wingman for Martin, the class clown. Now, his sexual orientation and the privacy of the guy that he has been confiding in could possibly be compromised. Simon must"
"another child, whom Queen names as Simon. Queen expresses high hopes for Simon's future, and she predicts that he'll become ""magnificent"". When Simon completes the sixth grade, the point at which black boys in the South typically (in the subject setting) drop out of school to start full-time work in the fields, as did Henry and Abner, Simon's teacher comments to Queen that he is ""the best student in the district"". Alec vigorously argues with Queen against Simon's staying in school, but Queen presents persuasive logic, and he eventually agrees to ""waste"" one of the three boys. [In the US"
"in it. ""Oh, and Of Course, The Narrator is back. Duh. (I mean, seriously...who else is going to tell the story? Michael Reisman?)"" It starts off as Simon and his friends learn they cannot trust everyone. Simon Bloom Simon Bloom is a series of young adult novels by Michael Reisman. Set in the fictional town of Lawnville, New Jersey, it is about a boy who finds a book that lets him control the laws of physics. The first of the books was acquired by Walden Media. There are three novels in the series: ""Simon Bloom, The Gravity Keeper"" is the"
"(misspelling intentional). It reached number 7 in the UK charts. The song appears mocking of the TV character, concluding “I think Simon’s a bit of a bore/Ian Ogilvy and Podgy Moore.” The Saint (Simon Templar) Simon Templar is a fictional character known as The Saint. He is featured in a series of books by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. After that date, other authors collaborated with Charteris on books until 1983; two additional works produced without Charteris's participation were published in 1997. The character has also been portrayed in motion pictures, radio dramas, comic strips, comic books and"
"the good and bad aspects of the traditional boys' school. He slowly gets beaten down by being punished erroneously for wrongdoings, getting bullied and such things as drinking, smoking and cheating. The end is tragic for Eric, as he loses everything. Along with Talbot Baines Reed's ""The Fifth Form at St. Dominic’s"" and Thomas Hughes' ""Tom Brown's Schooldays"", this book was one of three most popular boys' books in mid-Victorian Britain. The school is a thinly disguised cross between Farrar's own school King William's College in the Isle of Man, and Marlborough College, at which he was the master. The"
"school team (in the third book he is revealed to be her ex-boyfriend); Leon, who Anya has hated since elementary ever since he accidentally killed her hamster; Kevin, a musician known for his temper; Fraternal twins Alexia and Hannes, who joined out of support after Anya was denied the chance to join the basketball team; Ellis, who is not as strong as the other players and Olga, who likes Renaissance fashion. In the graphic novels there appears to be a small group (chiefly three of them) of students, presumably from another school who are interested in facing Anya's team in"
"of the sky and onto Simon's head. This book, the Teacher's Edition of Physics, lets him control the laws of physics. (There are other, similarly science-controlling books, all owned by members of the secret organization called the Knowledge Union.) Simon and his friends - shy and easily scared Owen, and popular Alysha - learn to control other formulas like gravity and friction. But there are villains with their own science powers who want to steal the book, as well as other members of the Knowledge Union who think Simon has stolen it. ""Simon Bloom: The Octopus Effect"" is the second"
"with two such honors (no one has won three), having won the 1986 Medal for ""Goggle-Eyes"". The earlier book uses a day school frame to recount a story of family life. Little, Brown published the first U.S. edition in 1994. The teachers were renamed and the students were moved from ""class 4C"" to ""Room 8"" for the American audience. Some libraries report the title ""Flour babies and the boys of Room 8"". The story centres around Simon Martin, a pupil in class 4C at an unnamed school. 4C is the class reserved for the school's worst students. As it so"