The Watcher

By William Zhou

This book gave me the baddest grammar. At least I is the bestestest person in the book! (Grandgino, owner of Grandginos Pizzaria).

Thirteen-year-old Bruce Finnegan hasnt seen his father in thirteen years. Thats basically his entire life. He has been living with his mother for the entirety of his life. But what he doesnt know is who his father actually is. Is he a monster that will destroy the earth? Is he someone who will save us all?

One day, Bruces father was killed by an evil man who planned on killing Bruces dad and his loved ones. And because of his fathers death, Bruce takes his fathers place. But he doesnt understand that the job hes holding is dangerous enough to get him killed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 30, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543418866

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Copyright © 2017 by William Zhou.

ISBN:             Softcover                       978-1-5434-1887-3

                      eBook                           978-1-5434-1886-6

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Rev. date: 06/14/2017

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Contents

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I

Most people get excited when it comes to school field trips. But when they actually go to the field trip, it isn’t as fun as expected. Especially if you are split up into groups and end up with the most cruel bully of the planet. As of today’s field trip, I’m in a group of four with my best friend Mason, a friendly nerd named Larry, and as you guessed, the school bully, Gerall. Gerall has bullied me ever since my first year at Sir Franks N. Benes Academy. He has been threatening to kill me, throwing rocks at me, and stealing my schoolbooks and never bringing them back, and he once even tried to push me off a balcony on a school trip to Germany. This time, there is no balcony. We are at a beach right on the Pacific Coast near Long Beach. I don’t know how to swim, which makes it much worse. If he pushes me into the water, I will probably drown.

I am Bruce Finnegan. My mother has been missing for a while, which is kinda sad. I am a wimpy loser who is so short that I can be used as an armrest for tall guys. My eyes are ocean blue, and my hair is black. Completely black. A hundred percent black.

Mason is my best friend. He tries to defend me from Gerall. (He isn’t as good.) He helps me whenever I need help on homework, cleaning my locker, etc. However, the teachers hate us the most, and they will usually catch us doing things we aren’t supposed to do. Even when another teacher tells us to do it, we still get in trouble no matter what excuse we make.

Larry is what I consider the smartest kid in the school. He has been studying this book he found in Croatia, an ancient mythology about a man who controls the seas and can access minds, and I think he’s the only one in the school who knows about it. He said that most people just weren’t interested in it. He is also one of the best people at swimming and always is either first or second in math competitions. He doesn’t usually stick around with me at school, so he doesn’t get in trouble as much as me and Mason. But the best part of him is that he can defend anyone from Gerall by saying very good comebacks. He