More Book Talk Tips on 29 Dimes

Here's a list of additional questions for teachers to initiate discussion among their students after reading the coming-of-age novel '29 Dimes: A Love Story' (You should also reference the previous article on '29 Dimes' discussion topics dated October 23, 2013):

 

1. Do you think that Kalib would've done what he did at the end of the story if his father was still present in his life?

2. In Pepe's 'in your face' anthem 'Hear My Echo!' what do you think he meant by "...courthouse gun..."?

 

3. Do you think that Pepe was in love with Miss Kelley, or was he simply infatuated with her?

4. Why was it important for the author to let the reader "hear" the characters' own voices in the story?

5. What did the programming staff at the TV station learn from Brittany during her summer internship?

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Book Talk - Classroom Discussion: 29 Dimes

As requested from several teachers, here's a partial list of suggested reading comprehension discussion topics for those of you who've received early advanced educational copies of '29 Dimes: A Love Story' for your classroom. After your class have read the entire novel, ask the students the following questions:

 

1. How did the author use the city of Los Angeles and the communities of Silver Lake and Echo Park as characters in the story?

2. Regarding the novel's descriptive blurb on the back cover, what do you think is meant by the phrase "...love can happen to the most unlikely people..."? Did the author want the reader to consider the characters Tip or Ronnie as "unlikely" to find love, or someone else perhaps?

3. Regarding the novel's brief descriptive blurb on the back cover, what do you think is meant by the phrase "... love can be found in the most unusual place..."? (Hint: Have your students take a closer look at Tip's childhood and his early attachment to shapes and colors, in which he'd observed in the carpet's unique pattern.) Remind your students not to go for the easiest or more obvious answers, and to dig a little deeper when trying to find the meaning of symbols and metaphors within the story.

 

 

4. When the character Teki wrote the lyrics to the song 'Vehicles', who do you think she was thinking about when she wrote it? (Hint: Was she thinking about her brother Vince, her classmate Kalib, or someone else?)

5. Why do you think the author gave Ronnie's parents the last name 'Abelson'?

6. What are other symbols and metaphors the author used in the story?

Note: '29 Dimes: A Love Story' will be released and available to the general public in early November 2013. Look for it online on Amazon.

 

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Miss Kelley: Language Arts Teacher from '29 Dimes'

From the provocative, coming-of-age novel '29 Dimes: A Love Story'...
Another school year begins...

                         Two thousand miles away in Mayville, Kansas, thirty high school students are sluggishly entering a classroom. The teacher writes in the upper left corner of the blackboard the class subject and her name underneath…

                                                              Language Arts
                                                              Miss Kelley

As the students drag their feet and continue to shuffle in, Miss Kelley writes a message in the center of the blackboard in bold, chalky letters…

                                                           JUST LET IT OUT!

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Silver Lake and other Chapters of '29 Dimes'

'29 Dimes: A Love Story' a provocative, coming-of-age novel set in Silver Lake, a community of Los Angeles. This contemporary tale follows Teki, Ronnie, Kalib, Brittany, Pepe, Valerie, and Tip through their summer break, where each of them will have an experience that will shape and change their young lives forever. One hot, crazy summer. Seven hungry hearts. 29 Dimes.

                                                          TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Silver Lake
Chapter 2. Sunshine
Chapter 3. The Lesson
Chapter 4. Teki
Chapter 5. Los Feliz
Chapter 6. Yvette and Mona
Chapter 7. Griffith Park
Chapter 8. The Stairs
Chapter 9. On Air
Chapter 10. Rowena Avenue
Chapter 11. The Street Fair
Chapter 12. Hear My Echo!

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Kalib: The Young Armenian from '29 Dimes'

Kalib is a character in the novel '29 Dimes'. Kalib is a young Armenian computer whiz with a lot on his shoulders. He has a hard time dealing with the tragedy of his family's past due to the Turks' Armenian Genocide. Here's bits n' pieces of an excerpt from '29 Dimes' as Kalib unleashes his anger, "How can they expect us just to forget it like it never happened? Dad used to tell me about how my great grandfather was killed for no reason by the Turks. For no f*#king reason! ...I don't care anymore! I tried so hard! It's like the more I keep tryin' to be here the more people keep treating me like I don't belong here!"
'29 Dimes' is set in the Los Angeles community of Silver Lake. This provocative coming-of-age novel follows seven eclectic characters during their summer break, with each one having an experience that will shape and change their young lives forever. One hot crazy summer. Seven hungry hearts. 29 Dimes.
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NEW K.A.N.S.A.S. Dissatisfied with the way the adults are running the nation, a well-organized, underground society of intelligent kids demand the right to vote and to be given their own statehood or else. (The kids believe that voting should be based upon a person’s IQ, not their age.
Synopsis: ‘NEW K.A.N.S.A.S.’ (Kids’ Alliance National Society And Sanctuary): Discouraged with his lack of ability to control his own destiny fueled by his parents’ divorce and already fed up with the way the adults are running the country, a twelve year old boy forms a society to give children the Right to Vote and attempts to establish their own State in which to do it. All hell breaks when the U.S. Government starts to hunt down the leader and his underground network. In the meantime, the secretive children’s society is growing to an unbelievable size and there’s no stopping them now! TAGLINE: “Don’t underestimate the power of kids”
Although I’d originally wrote ‘NEW K.A.N.S.A.S.’ as a live action feature, it could also work as an ANIMATED feature-length movie as well. (The ‘Kansas’ in NEW K.A.N.S.A.S. stands for Kids’ Alliance National Society And Sanctuary)
U.S. Copyright: PAu002651984 (Original Screenplay Draft/ Author: Randolph Camp)
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 ‘NEW K.A.N.S.A.S.’ (Kids’ Alliance National Society And Sanctuary)

One Hot Silver Lake Summer

One summer. Seven hearts. 29 Dimes. Randolph Randy Camp's '29 Dimes: A Love Story' is a provocative, coming-of-age tale that follows Teki, Brittany, Tip, Ronnie, Pepe, Kalib, and Valerie through their summer break in the Los Angeles community of Silver Lake where each of them will have an experience that will shape and change their young lives forever. Pepe's mouth has always gotten him into trouble. A talented street poet, will Pepe's "in your face" anthem 'Hear My Echo!' get him into trouble at this summer's Silver Lake street festival? Teki will be the first to admit that she's certainly not your typical Chinese girl. A gifted musical prodigy, Teki once got kicked out of a prestigious music academy for rocking a reggae rhythm instead of the required Beethoven tune at her classical piano recital. Now, at seventeen, Teki fronts an all-girl progressive reggae band in Silver Lake. Kalib is a young Armenian computer whiz who is hoping to win Valerie's heart this summer (but so is every other guy in Silver Lake). Carrying the agonizing weight of his family's dark past on his shoulders, Kalib believes that Valerie's love could wash away all of that pain, if only he could somehow convince her to go out with him. If you still believe that love can happen to the most unlikely people and that love still can be found in the most unusual place then '29 Dimes' is the story for you. One hot, crazy summer. Seven hungry hearts. 29 Dimes.

RCstories' Children's TV Series

HARRY'S FIELD is an animated, children's fantasy TV series. The series centers around a magical flying school bus named Eagle Wing, which transports kids from urban areas to an enchanted, colorful place called Harry's Field, where they learn about nature and our environment from a variety of jovial, talking animals and plants. TIME OUT TIME IN is another very lively and engaging animated, children's fantasy TV series created by Randolph Randy Camp. In a very entertaining and colorful manner (without being preachy), the series encourages young kids to use their imagination while simultaneously teaching them about life's virtues, such as the importance of being polite and kind to others. All works registered with the Writers Guild of America, East. Learn more at http://www.goodreads.com/randolphcamp

THE LEGEND OF THREE TREES

LOGLINE: A country boy with extraordinary powers helps to free a terrified community of a notorious street gang and becomes their hero.

SUMMARY: Abandoned as a baby in the backwoods of rural Virginia, young THREE TREES inherited a mysterious power. Gifted with an uncanny sense of strength, both physically and mentally, Three Trees was often misunderstood. Being poked and prodded as a research guinea pig took its toll on Three Trees. With the help of a concerned nurse, Three Trees escaped from the life of a lab animal and headed on a journey to find his true purpose. On his journey, Three Trees learns a lot about himself and discovers the ugly side of humans. Settling down in the seedy side of a big city, Three Trees helps to free a terrified community of a notorious street gang and becomes a legend in the process.

The Legend of Three Trees, Original Draft Screenplay, US Copyright Reg# Pau 002992813, Writers Guild of America, West (WGA,W) Reg# 1095196, Author: Randolph Randy Camp

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NEW K.A.N.S.A.S. Dissatisfied with the way the adults are running the nation, a well-organized, underground society of intelligent kids demand the right to vote and to be given their own statehood or else. (The kids believe that voting should be based upon a person’s IQ, not their age.
Synopsis: ‘NEW K.A.N.S.A.S.’ (Kids’ Alliance National Society And Sanctuary): Discouraged with his lack of ability to control his own destiny fueled by his parents’ divorce and already fed up with the way the adults are running the country, a twelve year old boy forms a society to give children the Right to Vote and attempts to establish their own State in which to do it. All hell breaks when the U.S. Government starts to hunt down the leader and his underground network. In the meantime, the secretive children’s society is growing to an unbelievable size and there’s no stopping them now! TAGLINE: “Don’t underestimate the power of kids”
Although I’d originally wrote ‘NEW K.A.N.S.A.S.’ as a live action feature, it could also work as an ANIMATED feature-length movie as well. (The ‘Kansas’ in NEW K.A.N.S.A.S. stands for Kids’ Alliance National Society And Sanctuary)
U.S. Copyright: PAu002651984 (Original Screenplay Draft/ Author: Randolph Camp)
Learn more at AUTHORS DEN http://www.authorsden.com/randolphrcamp and WRITERS NET http://www.writers.net/writers/81919

 ‘NEW K.A.N.S.A.S.’ (Kids’ Alliance National Society And Sanctuary)

Characters of Randolph Randy Camp's 29 Dimes

'29 Dimes: A Love Story' takes place in the community of Silver Lake, California. It's a love story amid a wild, crazy explosive summer which follows seven eclectic characters. Kalib is a young Armenian computer geek who is totally head-over-heels in love with Valerie, a beautiful angel who has all of the guys in Silver Lake fighting for her attention. Teki is a Chinese music prodigy who now fronts an all-girl reggae band in Silver Lake. Pepe's mouth has always gotten him into trouble. Will Pepe's anthem "HEAR MY ECHO!" get him into trouble this summer at Silver Lake's spoken word competition? Other colorful characters include Ronnie, Tip, Brittany, and Miss Kelley.

                                       A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR

                            I am aware that the Silver Lake Sunset Junction Street Fair has been discontinued due to permit fee issues, but I hope that readers of this book will rejuvenate and spark a renewed interest and make concrete efforts to bring back the street fair not only in Silver Lake, but in other communities as well.
                           Also, my heart goes out to the Armenian people, especially to those Armenian families who have suffered and sacrificed gravely at the cruel hands of the Turks during the 1915 – 1923 Armenian Genocide period.
                        Lastly, when I ran in the Los Angeles Marathons (two years in a row) and noticed the eclectic, diverse neighborhoods along the 26-mile marathon route, I knew then that one day I would have to write a story with the city itself as a central character. So, finally, here it is…’29 Dimes : A Love Story’.     – Randolph Randy Camp

One hot, crazy summer. Seven hungry hearts. 29 Dimes. If you still believe that love can happen to the most unlikely people and that love can be found in the most unusual place then '29 Dimes' is a story for you.


RANDY'S TV SCRIPTS - CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Harry's Field (May 2014, Registered with Writers Guild of America, East, Reg#R30871)
2. Time Out Time In (May 2014, Registered with WGA, East)


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Randy Camp's Latest Novel: '29 Dimes A Love Story'

One summer. Seven hearts. 29 Dimes. It wasn’t your typical LA summer. No one could’ve predicted what happened that day in Silver Lake. It was a summer of passion, confusion, and growth.
                                                     One hot, crazy summer.
                                                      Seven hungry hearts.
                                                     29 Dimes.
Award-winning, prolific writer Randolph Randy Camp creates a moving, tender love story amid a wild, crazy summer as Teki, Ronnie, Pepe, Brittany, Kalib, Tip, and Valerie each will have an experience that will forever shape and change their young lives.
Valerie has the kind of natural beauty that belongs on magazine covers. All the guys in Silver Lake dream about her. One guy will get lucky this summer and win her heart.
A gifted storyteller, Randolph Randy Camp offers the reader a realistic glimpse of the Los Angeles community of Silver Lake. If you still believe that love can happen to the most unlikely people and love still can be found in the most unusual place, then Randolph Randy Camp’s ’29 Dimes: A Love Story’ is certainly a must-read for you. 
                                       One Summer. Seven Hearts. 29 Dimes.

                                       A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR

                            I am aware that the Silver Lake Sunset Junction Street Fair has been discontinued due to permit fee issues, but I hope that readers of this book will rejuvenate and spark a renewed interest and make concrete efforts to bring back the street fair not only in Silver Lake, but in other communities as well.
                           Also, my heart goes out to the Armenian people, especially to those Armenian families who have suffered and sacrificed gravely at the cruel hands of the Turks during the 1915 – 1923 Armenian Genocide period.
                        Lastly, when I ran in the Los Angeles Marathons (two years in a row) and noticed the eclectic, diverse neighborhoods along the 26-mile marathon route, I knew then that one day I would have to write a story with the city itself as a central character. So, finally, here it is…’29 Dimes : A Love Story’.     – Randolph Randy Camp