Children's writing: Normal - by Selena

You have really surprised me with your story plot here, Selena - when I saw the picture, I immediately thought this picture was about a storm. But, you have been very original and your story is about a surprising strength of a 'normal' boy called Jake who was, well, just normal!

Your beginning is so well chosen because it sets the scene of just how normal Jake is. You use the repetition of the adjective 'normal' so, so well:

On a normal day in a not-normal town a normal boy - Jake - had just come home to his normal house from his not-normal school.

I definitely wanted to read on when I read this beginning, so let's do just that!

Let's read ...