CAPTAIN NOBODY

SUMMARY

CHAPTER 1 : NOBODY EATS BREAKFAST

1. It is the last Friday in October, everybody in Appleton is excited for

the derby of an American football game between the Ferocious Ferrets of
Fillmore High School and the Chargers of Merrimac High School also known as
the Big Game.
2. Newton Newman (Newt) has a big brother, Chris Newman (Chris),who is a local
football star, who plays for the Ferocious Ferrets after an electrifying debut two
years back.
3. Newt is preparing breakfast for his family when he comes across an article of
his brother in the Sports section of the local newspaper.
4. At first, Newt is eager to show the article to Dad but he is held down when
the phone rings.
5. On the other hand, Mom is also busy receiving a call from their neighbour.
6. Newt gets frustrated as both of his parents have not touched their breakfast.
7. To make himself feel useful, Newt goes upstairs to woke his brother up.
8. Annoyed with Newts bellow, Chris throws a pillow at him but ends up hitting
the floor hard.

CHAPTER 2 : HALLOWEEN PLANS ARE MADE SORT OF

1. Appleton Elementary is packed with different kinds of kids and actions.

2. At times, he tries to be friendly and greets his classmates but often, they just
stare back fiercely and ignore him.
3. Before the classes start, Newt finds a quiet place for him to settle down.
4. He takes out one of his Secret Superhero Sketchbooks and starts playing with
his imagination.
5. Newt has never shown his sketching of the superhero characters to anyone
else except to his two best friends, Cecil and JJ, who have utmost admiration
towards Newts creativity.
6. Cecil alerts them of the coming Halloween and suggests that they celebrate it
as usual.
7. Talking about celebrating Halloween, the three of them are bored with their
own costumes as they have been wearing the same outfits for years.
 8. Eventually, Cecil suggests that each of them needs to come out with
an outstanding Halloween costume based on their inner other that will catch
everybodys attention.

CHAPTER 3 : I SEARCH FOR SOMEBODY I AM NOT

1. During _________________ class, Newt is still searching for an idea for his
Halloween costume.
2. He imagines himself as __________, the god of lightning according to the Greek
myth, but soon realises that he does not fit in the descriptions shown by his
subject teacher.
3. Not giving up, he raises his hand asking Mrs. Young what the
American ____________ wore when they built the country.
4. Although Newt is ridiculed by his classmate, the answer given by his teacher
is more than enough for him to rule out the possibility of having such costume
for Halloween.
5. The school ends early so the students and locals can watch the
______________________ on the street.
6. Newton is ecstatic to attend his brothers last game of the season.
7. On the other hand, ___________ and _____________ are more incline to their
Halloween costumes.
8. That has put Newt back in dilemma as he is having hard time thinking about
his own _____________________.
9. Newt falls asleep while figuring out the design of his costume only to wake up
after he has a terrible dream.
10. It is time for the Big Game as his parents are getting ready for it and with
heavy heart, Newt has to put aside his coming Halloween celebration and shift
his focus on the final game.

CHAPTER 4 : FOOTBALL IS PLAYED AND MISTAKES ARE MADE

1. Newt stops thinking about Halloween when he recalls the moment Chris
mentions________________, an opponent from Merrimac High, who has always
been holding grudges against his brother.
2. To make it worst, during the Big Game, the crowd play sentiment on both
Chris and Reggie.
3. Newt, who is now away from his bleacher, is shown his way out after he fails
to present his seat _____________to the person in charge.
4. When the final quarter starts, both teams are level and unfortunately, Newt is
forced to watch the game from outside the wire fence surrounding
___________________.
5. He can see that the Home team, especially his brother, is playing their
hearts out until the game reaches its last 45 seconds the Away team is
leading by _____________points.
6. Without giving up, the Big Game is getting more intense during the last seven
seconds.
7. The Ferrets show high determination and Chris manages to get a last minute
________________.
8. There are mixed feelings on the ground as the opponents bow down to their
defeat and the home crowd is jubilant with the winning streak.

CHAPTER 5 : THE BAD DREAMS BEGIN

1. Chris is________________ as the result of the winning touchdown.
2. The whole ground is in complete silence when Chris is being attended and
brought to the hospital.
3. Chris test results come out and fortunately he is not suffering from any broken
parts, he is just in coma.
4. Back in his room, Newt still cannot forget what happened during the winning
touchdown as he describes it as the thunderous crash.
5. He tries to revert his concentration to _____________as the Big Game incident
keeps rewinding in his mind.
6. The next day, Newt answers various callers trying to get some news about
_____________.
7. Cecil and JJ drop by at Newts house to give a few things to cheer him up.
8. The local community is talking about the touchdown incident and starts calling
it the ___________.
9. Cecil also tells Newt that some of the _________ get some revenge on Reggie,
the Chargers defensive back who is accused of causing Chris to get into his
coma.
10. As the Newt recalls the Big Tackle, JJ tries to divert his attention by asking
about their Halloween plan.
11. Speechless, Newt tries to avoid Halloween by saying that he has lots of chores
to settle.
12. Both Cecil and JJ are not convinced and they decide to meet the next day at
6.00 p.m for Halloween.

CHAPTER 6 : I GET A TERRIBLE IDEA

1. Newt is frantically searching for idea as he is running out of time to come out
with his _____________ and falls asleep soon after.
2. By noon, Newt is still clueless about his costume and he decides not to
_____________ Halloween.
3. He then falls asleep when sketching his latest fantasy_____________ character.
4. Mom is already home when Newt wakes up.
5. After ________________ at Mom holding his brothers sweatshirt, Newt asks if
there is anything he can do to cheer her up.
6. But Newt is told that he could do nothing for the moment.
7. Taken aback by Moms words, he decides to prove that he is useful in such
stressful situation.
8. Just before he can cheer Mom up by wearing his brothers_____________, she
has already left home for the hospital.
9. In the meantime, Cecil and JJ arrive at Newts doorstep.
10. Newt clumsily opens the door only to find that he is in __________ of his two
friends.
11. Cecil disguises himself as the _____________________ whereas JJ is dressed up
as_________________, a fictional character from her favourite book.
12. Lastly, the big and important question pops out,
_______________________________________?

CHAPTER 7 : I HIDE AND FIND MYSELF

1. Newt is out of words when is asked to explain about his outfit as he is wearing
his brothers pieces of clothing.
2. ____________ asks Newt if there is something wrong with his brother.
 3. Newt replies that his brother is doing ______________.
4. He does not want to let his best friends down so he insists that both of them
should continue celebrating _______________ without him.
5. Newt finally _____________ that he does not have a costume for himself and he
immediately explains everything that he did in search for a suitable costume
before Cecil and JJ can respond to the confession.
6. After a long silence, Cecil and JJ decide to transform _______________on the spot.
7. Both of them alter the pieces of clothing that Newt is wearing and eventually
they manage to produce an outstanding costume.
8. They reach the ultimate transformation when JJ _____________________________
that Newt is wearing on his forehead and change it into a____________________.
9. Newt himself feels __________________ after looking at himself in the mirror.
10.The three of them feel ecstatic as they finally manage to celebrate the
Halloween together.

CHAPTER 8 : I RAISE MY VOICE

1. When they arrive at the first stop, the lady and her ____________living in the
house are rejoiced when they look at Cecil, JJ and Newt.
2. The lady has perfectly guessed Cecils and JJs Halloween costumes.
3. Then, the couple turns their attention to Newt, who is still searching for
an___________ of his own as he has not named his alter ego yet.
4. The ladys husband notices __________on the middle of Newts forehead and he
directly asks them about those initials.
5. Surprised by the question, Newton is tongue-tied at first while both Cecil and
JJ are quick enough to throw some hints when they see Newton first reaction
after being asked by the man.
6. Eventually, Newt manages to _____________ his own fear and he reveals himself
as_______________, C.N.

CHAPTER 9 : I PRACTISE MY NEW NAME

1. After they leave the first house, Cecil and JJ really like the idea of Captain
Nobody
2. JJ gets a bit _____________ as she can see that Newt seems to forget about his
______________ critical condition after being enthusiastic of becoming Captain
Nobody.
3. This time around, it is Newt who breaks the ____________ moment and urges his
two best friends to focus on celebrating Halloween.
 4. On that night, people show great interest into the three of them.
5. The attention that they get has been _____________ especially for Newton.
6. He feels more _____________ being Captain Nobody than being Newton
Newman.
7. Cecil and JJ are also aware of Newts change of attitude when they are
counting their _______________collection under the street lights.
8. When Newt arrives at his house, his mother has already _________________.
9. He is a little bit disappointed because he wants to show his Halloween costume
to her.
10.Just before he falls asleep, Newt reassures himself by saying that he is not
supposed to be anybody, he is________________________.

CHAPTER 10 : I MAKE A WILD WARDROBE CHOICE

1. Newt, who has always been _____________about his brother, cannot stop ruling
out the worst outcome of his brothers condition and he feels uneasy about it.
2. Then, he quickly realises that he needs to get ready for school.
3. He tries to look for his __________________and after he fails to find an
appropriate one, he goes to school with the__________________________.
4. There are ___________ reactions from his classmates; some make fun of him
wearing the outfit but Cecil and JJ show support for his wild ____________
choice.
5. Mrs. Young successfully manages the situation in the class from
going ___________ as all eyes are set on Captain Nobody and a few kids
start mocking him.
6. In the Principals office, a discussion is going on between ______________ and
Mrs. Young while Captain Nobody waits outside.
7. On a serious note, Mrs. Young jumps into a conclusion that Newt is having a
hard time coping with his brothers latest condition and she reports that Newt
insists of being called___________________.
8. After that, a more heated discussion is going on after the school counsellor
and nurse join in and later on, the principal tells Newt that Captain Nobody is
welcomed in the school.
9. During lunch break, Cecil and JJ insist of becoming Captain Nobodys
sidekicks and tell Newt to continue becoming Captain Nobody because people
start to notice them ever since.
CHAPTER 11 : CAPTAIN NOBODY FACES A FEAR
1. Newt runs home after he realises that his parents still do not know about
Captain Nobody and he does not want to get weird reaction from them.
2. As he is running, _____________summons for Captain Nobody and thinking he is
joking, Newt just ignores it.
3. Although feeling reluctant, Newt decides to respond to the call and meet
Cecil at the corner of ____________ and ___________ streets.
4. Cecil leads their way, together with a wagon, passing by ______________ and
garbage cans until they stop at one point.
5. There is a big bass __________________ which has been thrown away, sitting on
the of the Dumpster that catches Cecils attention.
6. Feeling determined to own the drum, Cecil is feeling hopeful that Captain
Nobody will lend his hands to get it down from the top of he Dumpster.
7. Newt is afraid of __________________-. So, he suggests Cecil to be the one who
should ________________- the Dumpster.
8. After Cecil makes it clear that the job is meant for the fearless Captain
Nobody, Newt changes his _________________.
9. Captain Nobody climbs on and carefully passes the drum to his sidekick, Cecil
who is waiting with open arms on the ground.
10.As Captain Nobody is about to settle down, he _____________ his lungs out
when a hand suddenly comes out from the pile of cardboard boxes
and_________________ him by his ankle.