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My Friend James

by Theo Pothoulakis

“Come with me!” shouted James as he quickly disappeared
down the basement stairs. I followed him and looked around.
My red-haired, freckle-faced neighbor was nowhere to be seen.
“I’m in outer space, and it's awesome!” he said in a loud whisper.
The sound was coming from a big box.

That was my introduction to James McGinnis and his fabulous
imagination. His box could be a submarine, an intergalactic
transporter, or a time machine. Later, when we were in third
grade, James discovered the Time Warp Trio books, and we
excitedly read the whole series together.

Last summer, James moved away. We keep in touch with
letters and e-mails. Sometimes I send him drawings I have been
working on, and he writes amazing science fiction stories to go
with them. “What we need now is a distance-warp machine,” he
says. I agree!

Reading as a Writer In my final paper, I made the dialogue
sound more natural. I also
What details did Theo use to used adverbs to create clear
make his description of James images for readers.
vivid? How can you make your
own description more vivid? 537