At the advice of his astrologer, he gave the emerald away to a visiting movie star, who has since found herself plagued by constant (albeit nonfatal) bad luck. One of its latest owners (and one of the few to survive owning it), Sheikh Muley Hassan, had one of his oil wells run dry shortly after he purchased the gem. Arab Oil Sheikh: Who Is Bugs Potter? features a notoriously unlucky emerald.Then in the last line, he reveals that he won't actually be doing any of these things because his father is making him mow the lawn instead. For example, he could hollow out a tree to build a kayak, carve a nearby rock into a famous sculpture, write an opera, or create a blown-glass masterpiece. Anti-Climax: In The D- Poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems About School, Homework, and Life (Sort Of), the poem 'A Perfect Afternoon' has the narrator talk about how he's feeling very creative today and all the wonderful things he could do.Accidental Athlete: In The Chicken Doesn't Skate, the school's resident loser Zachary, constantly picked on by the Jerk Jocks of the hockey team, turns out to be a brilliant goalie because he has so much practice catching all the toys his toddler brother throws at his beloved computer.Other works by Gordon Korman provide examples of: The 39 Clues series: One False Note, The Emperor's Code, Vespers Rising note collaboration with 3 other authors, The Medusa Plot, Flashpoint.A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag.Island: Composed of either the 'Island Trilogy Bind-Up Book' or:.Works by Gordon Korman with their own trope pages include: was written and published when he was twelve years old. His first novel, This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall. His adventure novel series include Everest and On the Run. His comedic novels include the Bruno & Boots/ Macdonald Hall series, No More Dead Dogs, and The Toilet Paper Tigers. Canadian author of High School comedies, as well as darker adventure/thriller kid novels.

Who Is Bugs Potter? by Gordon Korman