Paper Towns By Raina Telgemeier

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I'll be discussing the similarities and differences from the books Paper Towns By John
Green and drama by Raina Telgemeier even though both books are different in many
Ways they hold more similarities than you think .

In the book Paper Towns two characters Quentin and Margo find a dead body and they
Run home to tell their parents but later find out the man killed himself Margo says
“Maybe all his strings broke “ Quentin freaks out and starts to back away but Margo
Steps forward the dead man named Robert Joyner then 7 years later
Margo meets Quentin they haven't really hung out after the dead body incident. In the book Drama the book starts off with three teens walking home from school but Callie is asked a question alone but Matt had

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