Analysis Of Daniel X By James Patterson

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The Repregunt freak Gasped with surprise and outrage. “What do you mean?” it screeched at the top of its voice range. “Not possible! I smelled you there a second ago!”. Well technically I was still right there. I looked cross eyed at my new beaklike hypostome as I scurried away on my eight new clawed legs.”. This excerpt is from the book Daniel X, by James Patterson. I chose this excerpt because it shows something interesting out of the book and can give you a picture in your mind about the conflicts in the book.

The setting of this book starts in Oregon,but moves to different places as the book goes on. Like California, Outer space, and a couple more. Some characters in the book are Daniel, Phoebe Cook, Grandma Blaleen, Seth, and a lot more

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