Monday 10 June 2013

The Watertower - Mr Krasinski


As a reading group activity we would like you to re read the story Watertower by Gary Crew and respond to the following question.

What would a prequel of The Water Tower be about?
Remember a prequel comes before the original story.

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108 comments:

  1. Mrb10 June 2013 at 17:26

    Test

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  2. Daniel T10 June 2013 at 17:34

    I think that a prequel of the Water Tower would be about when they are just building the tower because in the Water Tower the tower is very old.

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  3. hayley10 June 2013 at 17:48

    WATER TOWER
    the first book before this book could be about how the water tower was made and how/why the all the mums and dads have the eye looking thing on there hands and hats.I also want to know how long the water tower has been up on the hill and why it was put up there

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  4. Jessica10 June 2013 at 17:49

    Water tower
    Water towers prequel will be about the what caused such an effect on people and water tower will be just new and someone went down there and spreaded it around town .

    Jessica

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    1. Anonymous16 June 2013 at 17:31

      this doesn't make sense

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    2. Eliza16 June 2013 at 17:34

      What do you mean "water tower will just new and someone went down there and spreaded it around town ."
      it makes no sense.

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    3. ReeceHeywood19 June 2013 at 17:18

      Agree

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  5. jacob11 June 2013 at 17:42

    I think the book before this is about how the water tower got there and how the people got hypnotized and had symbols on them.

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  6. Natalie11 June 2013 at 17:42

    If there was a book number one of the water tower that I have read ,I think it will be about the worker discovering what the water tower would look like and what it will have in it extra to help the community .Then they will do something to make sure people now because if they didn't it will seem to them that it just somewhere you can swim.

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  7. joe11 June 2013 at 17:44

    WATER TOWER
    i think the book before this was about how the water tower got
    there and more people are going to be looking at the water
    tower.i think theres a cemical in the water that makes people
    hypitized

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  8. Reece11 June 2013 at 17:56

    A watertower and like ghosts or something are in teams and try to kill people when they go in.

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  9. Bea13 June 2013 at 17:26

    i think that it would be about aliens because on the front cover the water tower looked like a spaceship and on the last pages the people and Bubba seemed very different from the start. he was like someone diffrent.

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  10. Bea13 June 2013 at 17:27

    i think that it would be about aliens because on the front cover the water tower looked like a spaceship and on the last pages the people and Bubba seemed very different from the start. he was like someone diffrent.

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  11. Bea13 June 2013 at 17:29

    i think that it would be about aliens because on the front cover the water tower looked like a spaceship and on the last pages the people and Bubba seemed very different from the start. he was like someone diffrent.

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  12. PRANAV []13 June 2013 at 17:29

    the watertower is probaly some ghost haunting the town to make them really really really evil and when new people cum to the town they will becum possesed and be one with the town

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  13. PRANAV []13 June 2013 at 17:33

    j

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  14. Na'a []13 June 2013 at 17:35

    the Watertower is like some sort of alien UFO that is printing there symbol on to there the town like when those old men had the symbol on there hats

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  15. bior bryant []13 June 2013 at 17:36

    i think the watertower is a group once you swim in the water you become a part of them

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    1. Na'a []13 June 2013 at 17:41

      I agree with bior because thats what happen to bubba

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  16. marylee13 June 2013 at 17:38

    i think the previous book could've been about the aliens built the water tower so that the people could swim in it.
    the aliens could've put odd chemicals in the water so that they can control the humans and to make them turn into EVIL PEOPLE!!!!!


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  17. BIOR BRYANT []13 June 2013 at 17:38

    i think that there is a part 2 of the book cause only one of the boys got the iris on his arm

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  18. BIOR BRYANT []13 June 2013 at 17:43

    someone should know who built the water tower cause the person that built it should have family or cousins

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    1. Eliza16 June 2013 at 17:24

      What if they were an only child,there parents had no siblings,there parents parents were dead were dead,they were dead and once the water tower was build the person who made it died.

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    2. kerrily18 June 2013 at 17:51

      wow

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  19. BIOR BRYANT []13 June 2013 at 17:45

    what if the watertower is actually a UFO

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    1. Ethan Hunt ( Obviously Ethan P )16 June 2013 at 17:19

      well it does LOOK like a UFO so I don't see why it can't be

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    2. kerrily/eliza16 June 2013 at 17:38

      but if it was a ufo would the aliens of stayed? so i think its not a ufo.and what if aliens cant swim.

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  20. pranav []13 June 2013 at 17:46

    i agree with mary and bior

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  21. BIOR BRYANT $ []13 June 2013 at 17:50

    the aliens if there is any are probaly planing a attack but are gathering followers first

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  22. Eliza16 June 2013 at 17:19

    I think that if there was a prequle it would be about how the water tower got there and why its evil.

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    1. Ethan Hunt16 June 2013 at 17:29

      One thing:

      Do we KNOW that the Watertower is evil?!?
      If anything i think the prequel would answer the millions of questions left floating about by The Watertower and if it doesn't, well it's messed UP

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    2. Eliza16 June 2013 at 17:32

      Actualy i think the claw is evil and some how could connect to the tower.

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    3. Ethan Hunt16 June 2013 at 17:40

      Obviously the claw is connected to The Watertower. OR IS IT?!?
      The only way to find out will hopefully be the PREQUEL!



      (emphasis on 'PREQUEL')

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  23. Ethan Hunt16 June 2013 at 17:25

    I think that the prequel could be around the time of when The Watertower was being built and who has built it. Then it could go to when it was finished and the town back then and maybe it could sort of explain why no-one in Preston knows when the Watertower was built and who had built it.

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  24. LIAM_MOGAR Ò_Ó16 June 2013 at 17:25

    i reckon that maybe the prequel would be that the transformation of everyone else or maybe even a ufo landing that disguised the ufo as a water tower because if you look a the front cover of the book you will see the water tower but the stand looks like a ufo beam wich is what i think would be the prequel but this book is so in depth that it would take at least a week of blog to get all the ideas to think of the prequel and still not be sure so this is just few of my many ideas for a prequel i will keep you updated with more as i go on please comment on my text i do not min :)

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    1. LIAM_MOGAR Ò_Ó16 June 2013 at 17:27

      mind*

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    2. LIAM_MOGAR Ò_Ó16 June 2013 at 17:31

      ALSO if you have any thing to add please write it into the comments bar the more replies the more posts so please comment as much as you
      like

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    3. Ethan Hunt16 June 2013 at 17:36

      Your like a youtuber because you say 'I will keep you updated with more as I go on....'.

      Don't take this comment the wrong way and all because i'm not bagging yo out or trying to be a bully.

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    4. shannyn:):):)17 June 2013 at 17:52

      LIAM i don't think that the water tower tower is a UFO because it does not even look like a UFO and i also agree with you because it might be about who they got possessed and if the water made them possessed.

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    5. Naa[]23 June 2013 at 17:36

      Liam i do agree because the watertower does look like a ufo[a alien ship]

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    6. Naa[]23 June 2013 at 17:47

      i know this has nothing to do with anything but u know how mine,Jamie,pranav and biors names are red but no one elses are yeah that's weird ay

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  25. sarah:D16 June 2013 at 17:31

    I think if there was a prequel for "The Water Tower" it would be about how the first people came to the town and discovered the water tower wondering where it came from and desided to go in and got pesezt and as the town population grew everyone went int the water tower after them having the same affect. Or it might also be about who made the water tower or how it got there and why it causes the people to act really strange and weird!!!!!

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  26. kerrily16 June 2013 at 17:32

    in the book there is a claw in nearly on every page so maybey when buba went into the bush the claw could of hipnotized buba. eliza and i discovered that there are was antenia/receiver (what ever its called)on nearly every page i disagree with everyone who said that there are aliens in the book because it never said anything about aliens. i also diagree with reece because buba was possesed out of the water. i know this because in the picture on the page with bubas face he was out of the water and in his eye you could see the claw. the caw was in the backround OUTSIDE the water NOT inside the water.

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  27. LIAM_MOGAR Ò_Ó16 June 2013 at 17:38

    this is just another prequel idea so i was thinking how maybe the people may not be aliens or even POSSESED! they might just be your average joe and have nothing weird going on its just the author has cleverly directed you in the wrong direction with the text and the illustrations once again please comment and give me a few pointers it doesnt hurt!!! liam out

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  28. Jaime[]17 June 2013 at 17:33

    I think it would be about the water tower being a UFO because it look like a UFO

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    1. Jaime[]17 June 2013 at 17:36

      And aliens building the water tower so when you swim in it u get hypnotiseed or something

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  29. joperhi17 June 2013 at 17:36

    i think the prequel of the water tower is not the same people but just the average people that will never go to the water tower because they saw the people that went into the water tower then after they went out they were possesed

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  30. Stephieee!!! :)17 June 2013 at 17:37

    I think if there was a prequel to the book The Water Tower it would be about how the water tower got there and if all of the people are possessed or not. I agree with you Liam because if a UFO came i think that is why the water tower is there and it actually does look like the beam of a UFO at the bottom of the water tower.

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  31. joperhi17 June 2013 at 17:39

    possessed*

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    1. Daniel T18 June 2013 at 17:45

      I agree with Joperhi because almost everyone had the symbol on their hand.

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  32. shannyn:):):)17 June 2013 at 17:45

    i think the prequel to the water tower would be about how the people would get possessed if they even are and who made the water tower and how the water got into the tower.I also wonder how all the people are possessed and why all the people are always looking at the water tower.i think they are all looking at the water tower because they are wondering who made it or who it got there.i think it would also be about all the people drinking the water and there something in it that made them look like they are possessed.

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  33. sanaa:):):)18 June 2013 at 17:37

    i think that all those people who have an iris on their hand probably work their or drink water or something but then the other people had only like white on their eyes maybe they were posessed by the water because the work their or maybe because they drank water fom the water tower.

    inferring

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  34. Dylan18 June 2013 at 17:42

    hidden message

    my favorite hidden message is that in the end when Bubba and Spike look at the reader in a way they have evil eyes like they are possessed.

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  35. hayley18 June 2013 at 17:42

    HIDDEN QUESTION
    my favorite hidden part is how everyone is looking at the water tower.They might be looking at the water tower because they might have seen spike run done from the water tower and might be wondering why has he came from the water tower. I wounder why the first guy/man on the page is holding a pitch fork while looking at the water tower.

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  36. Daniel T18 June 2013 at 17:42

    Hidden Message

    What I think a hidden message is in the book is to not go into something that is unknown. For example, Bubba went into the water tower and when he came out, he had the symbol on his hand.

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    1. hayley18 June 2013 at 17:46

      yea i wonder how that happened maybe everyone that has a symbol on there hands went in the water tower water

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  37. sanaa:):):):):):):):)18 June 2013 at 17:45

    hidden message water tower

    i think that all those people who have an iris on their hand probably work their or drink the water from the water tower or something but then all the people had only white bit in their eyes maybe they were posessed by the water because they work their and drank water from the water tower.

    inferring

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  38. MARGA19 June 2013 at 17:23

    WATER TOWER HIDDEN MESSAGE

    My favorite hidden message was when the people in the town was under a spell or something because when Spike went to get clothes for Bubba they were looking at the water tower. I wonder why the people in the town had freaking eyes and looked scary.

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  39. KIARA19 June 2013 at 17:26

    THE HIDDEN MESSAGE IN THE WATER TOWER?

    My favourite hidden message in it was how bubba went in the water tower and he did not tell any body what happen while he was in there miysture this book has a lot of clue

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    1. Reece Heywood19 June 2013 at 17:32

      ...............................................................................................................................................
      I Agree
      ...............................................................................................................................................

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    2. Reece Heywood19 June 2013 at 17:33

      What the sorry i did not do that sorry.

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  40. Reece Heywood19 June 2013 at 17:30

    I think before the water tower their was people building the watertower and their was some kind of posesseing bye ghosts to the people
    when they build it.

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    1. Reece Heywood19 June 2013 at 17:36

      Because They All Have Eyes On Their Hands And THEIR CREEPEY

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    2. Reece Heywood19 June 2013 at 17:38

      what ever its called lol i said eyes

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    3. jo19 June 2013 at 17:39

      dont agree

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    4. Reece Heywood19 June 2013 at 17:40

      why You Need A reason

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  41. jo19 June 2013 at 17:38

    i think all those people are posssesd because they drank the
    water from the watertower or swam in it. i think they are possesd
    because they have wierd eyes

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  42. florence19 June 2013 at 17:44

    i think the hidden message is the iris because the people has it on pipes,hats and even the WATER TOWER.my favourite part on the book is when we seen Bubbe FACE.it show so many diffend feeling.!!!!!!!!!!

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  43. pranav []23 June 2013 at 17:31

    my favourite hidden message is how they dont say anything bout the iris but we think if they have it they're possesed

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  44. BIOR BRYANT []23 June 2013 at 17:32

    My favorite hidden message is that the iris is a secret organization that wants to take over the world one by one slowly.

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  45. PRANAV []23 June 2013 at 17:32

    and how the iris is the main theme in the storyyyyyy

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    1. Naa[]23 June 2013 at 17:41

      yeah i think the iris is the main thing in the story because on every page the iris symbol is on something or some body.

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  46. BIOR BRYANT []23 June 2013 at 17:36

    My favorite hidden message is that the iris is a type of possesd company that posses you

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  47. pranav []23 June 2013 at 17:40

    or maybe in book 1 of the watertower everyone was looking at spike not the watertower and wondeering whåt he was doing there and why he was there AND if he was trying to destri0y the watertower or rob iT or just go for a swim but either way they were not happy

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  48. pranav []23 June 2013 at 17:44

    in book 2 im wondering if its the future or just diffeerent people

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  49. BIOR BRYANT []23 June 2013 at 17:50

    I have one question that i was dying to ask when bubba gets possesd by the water tower at the beginning bubba said that his mum said he is not allowed to go into the water tower but spikes mum didn't care bubba ended up not listening to his mum and got possesd but spikes mum didn't care but spike didn't get possesd but I'm not sure they know about the iris organization I'm not sure any one knows i also think you get possesd cause the water is always not clean as if there is a poison in the water tower to get you possesd and also i think the organization wants to rule the world and the potion makes you old helpless and weak so when they take over you can basically do nothing so if everyone is weak helpless and old no one can stop them from taking over the world and doing anything they want by free will.

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  50. Naa[]23 June 2013 at 17:52

    my favorite hidden message is the iris and how its the main theme of the story

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  51. BIOR BRYANT []23 June 2013 at 17:52

    the water tower was a very cool book i give it a 7 out of 10

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  52. LIAM_MOGAR Ò_Ó24 June 2013 at 17:31

    MY FAVORITE PART IN THE BØØK WAS WHEN THE PEOPLE WERE ALL LOOKING AT THE ONE DIRECTION FACING THE WATER TOWER AND THERE IS SO MUCH THINGS AND HIDDEN MESSAGES IN THE STORY THAT YOU COULD BE THINKING FOR A DAY AND ALL THESE THINGS ARE PRETTY COOL LIKE THE TRITANS LAMP POST AND THE GUYS IN THE POOL ROOM AND THE MARKS ON THERE HANDS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS LIKE THAT

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  53. Anonymous24 June 2013 at 17:46

    I think that my favourite hidden message in the Watertower is about how the Watertower was able to take over Bubba I mean if Beneath The Surface just showed this then there would be a whole new range of questions. My 2nd is that with Spike when he gets taken over in Beneath The Surface when he drinks the water I think there is a message there that says that the Watertower will posses anyone from Preston sooner or later in their life. My 3rd is (well this one is not really a hidden message or a message at all) that Spike was sort of freaked out when Bubba's personality changed after coming out of the Watertower so I wonder what Spike found out between The Watertower and Beneath The Surface that made him want to be possesed by The Watertower. Maybe you get superpowers that make you superhuman. Or Spike was the last non possesed person in the world and he was humanities last hope and instead he thought well if you can't beat em, join em and he then became possesed. I hope that there is another book that explains what happened inbetween The Watertower and Beneath The Surface.

    FINGERS CROSSED THAT THERE IS OR THAT THEIR MAKING ONE!!!!

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  54. Unknown25 June 2013 at 17:13

    I am wondering why people like Ethan and Bior can have trouble writing ideas in their book but when they come online and blog they can write HEAPS of good stuff.

    Why is that?

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  55. Unknown25 June 2013 at 17:16

    By the way, I am learning how to make blogs in my course today. Perhaps i should show everyone in my course how awesome my blogs are and how great the discussions are from my class.

    We are ahead of the game!!!

    Keep up the good work!

    By the way. Exciting things will be starting next term. Forget USB's, no more excuses. We are entering 'THE CLOUD'

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    1. LIAM_MOGAR Ò_Ó25 June 2013 at 17:30

      YES THE CLOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    2. kerrily25 June 2013 at 17:33

      the cloud coooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllll

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    3. ETHAN_HUNT B)25 June 2013 at 17:33

      YAY!!!!!!! No more USB troubles. We can use icloud (when we get it of course)

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  56. Eliza25 June 2013 at 17:39

    hidden message

    the satellite is used to control them .

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  57. LIAM_MOGAR Ò_Ó25 June 2013 at 17:42

    I LIKE THE HIDDEN MESSAGE WERE EVERYONE LOOKS LIKE THERE REALLY CREEPY LOOKING AND THINGS LIKE THAT

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  58. kerrily25 June 2013 at 17:42

    HIDDEN MESSAGES IN THE BOOK:

    one of the hidden messages in the second book.......
    on the last page in the book(when we looked at the pictures)it has a picture of broken glasses falling down in what looks like water.from reading a bit of the book today we know that the glasses belong to spike. so i wonder what happens to him.

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  59. Unknown25 June 2013 at 17:43

    Do you guys like beneath the surface? I found it more confusing than The Water Tower

    I do not like finishing a book and not knowing what on earth it was about. #frustrating

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    1. Unknown25 June 2013 at 17:44

      I have Kerrily and Eliza disease....Beneath The Surface!!

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    2. LIAM_MOGAR Ò_Ó25 June 2013 at 17:45

      #OKAY

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    3. Anonymous25 June 2013 at 17:46

      sorry caps

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    4. KERRILY/ELIZA25 June 2013 at 17:46

      what r u trying to say !?!?

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  60. BIORBRYANT[]25 June 2013 at 17:48

    i love beneath the surface

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  61. sarah:D25 June 2013 at 17:53

    HIDDEN MESSAGES:
    Spike gets infected or gets the disease that everyone else in the town has or he might die. Everyone in the town was evil and wanted to make spike infected or one of them and know who he really is.

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  62. ETHAN_HUNT B)25 June 2013 at 17:59

    If you look on the page where the person is submerged in the water and you look on the rocks you will see the Watertower symbol and inside that there will be a pair of eyes so this can confirm the alien theory. also the theory of the Watertower taking over the whole world can be confirmed because the Watertower symbol is everywhere, on every page, on everyone.

    Until Next Time, Peace Out Guys B) (this is a guy with sunglasses on)

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