The Million Dollar Strike

Book By: Dan Gutman Slideshow By: Cr’shon Henry Made On: October 21-

Setting Hello. My name is Cr’shon Henry and I read The Million Dollar Strike by: Dan Gutman. It was a very helpful book. The Million Dollar Strike is about a teenager named Ryan but everybody calls him (Ouchie) because when Ryan was little he went bowling and dropped a bowling ball on his toe. Then he started screaming Ouchie when his parents got it off his toe. His friend (Squishy) was there to help get it off his toe. (Squishys) real name is Stephen but (Squishys) big brother Ronnie came up with the name and started spreading it around the neighborhood. Now Ouchie and Squishy are teenagers and are having a adventure in The Million Dollar Strike!

Characters In The million Dollar Strike there are 11 characters. There is the bully Leslie King which is a boy with a girls name. There is the guy Cliff Dweller who owns the bowling alley Bowl Drome. There is Gazebo Zamboni the man who owns characters. Bowl-A-Rama. There is Herb Dunn,the man that wants to open a dog bakery where Bowl-A-Rama stands. There is Police Chief Strat the man who won’t try to find out who is trying to destroy Bowl-A-Rama. There is Ryan's/ (Ouchies) dad. There is Gottfried Schmidt's ghost the ghost who Gazebo Zamboni been talking to at the bowling alley. There is Mayor Little the mayor of the town. Then there's (Squishy) and (Ouchie) the 2 main characters in the story. This book has very weird / fun

Leslie King

Cliff Dweller

Gazebo Zamboni

Herb Dunn

Police Chief Strat

(Ouchie)

Mayor Little

Description of charaacters (Ouchie) is like a football player in a comedy movie. He is cool, talented, awesome, and thoughtful all at the same time. (Ouchie) is sort of like me he builds, people beat him up, and he can throw a killer party. (Ouchie) is my favorite character out of the whole book. (Squishy) is a person that is really weird. He watches all kinds of made up scary movies. He watches movies like Night of the Living Dead, Friday the 13th,and Monkeyshines. Gazebo Zamboni is a really weird person. He sleeps in a bowling alley, prays to a bowling ball, and washes his head in a bowling ball shiner. At the end Gazebo Zamboni turns normal instead of weird.

Main Conflict The main conflict in The Million Dollar Strike is when (Ouchie) and (Squishy) go over to Bowl-O-Rama and find a note that said You are going to die Pinhead. When they found the note they were wondering who would call Mr. Zamboni (Pinhead.) Another conflict is that the City Council was going to shut down Bowl-A-Rama. So (Ouchie) and (Squishy) went to the city meeting and the City Council gave (Ouchie) and (Squishy) a month to turn Bowl-A-Rama into thee hippest, newest bowling alley in the city.

Resolution Part 1 When the City Council told them that (Squishy) and (Ouchie) had a month to fix up Bowl-A-Rama they tricked Mr. Zamboni into thinking the world was going to end. So they took most of the money out of his wallet/safe and turned the bowling alley into the hippest bowling alley in the city. They also changed the name of Bowl-A-Rama to Extreme Bowling. Once (Squishy) and (Ouchie) finished giving Extreme Bowling a makeover they threw a bowling party. Everybody in the city came to Extreme Bowling. Leslie King, Cliff Dweller, Gazebo Zamboni, Herb Dunn, Police Chief Strat, (Ouchie’s) dad, (Squishy), and (Ouchie). When they had the party a clown went down the isle on the end of the bowling alley and said “Hello my name is Pinhead the Clown, everybody say Pinhead!” Everybody said “Pinhead, Pinhead, Pinhead!” That’s when (Ouchie) discovered that Pinhead was on the letter Mr.Zamboni had. It wasn’t anybody calling Mr.Zamboni, it was Pinheads signature on the letter

Resolution Part 2 Everybody in the city came to Extreme Bowling. Leslie King, Cliff Dweller, Gazebo Zamboni, Herb Dunn, Police Chief Strat, (Ouchie’s) dad, (Squishy), and (Ouchie). When they had the party a clown went down the isle on the end of the bowling alley and said “Hello my name is Pinhead the Clown, everybody say Pinhead!” everybody said “Pinhead, Pinhead, Pinhead!” That’s when (Ouchie) discovered that Pinhead was on the letter Mr. Zamboni had. It wasn’t anybody calling Mr. Zamboni, it was Pinheads signature on the letter. Pinhead said “Does everybody see this bowling ball it’s not a original bowling ball, it’s a bomb!” Everybody started screaming when Pinhead said that. Pinhead rolled the bomb down the bowling alley, but nothing happened because the spark went out when it was going down the alley. The next attack is when Pinhead put a working hot air balloon on top of Extreme Bowling at shot a fire arrow at it but the fire went out because of the air. The last attack is when Pinhead took 15 bricks out of there place and Extreme Bowling started falling apart with Pinhead still in Extreme Bowling! Everybody else made it out safely and Extreme Bowling

Epilogue Every day after school (Ouchie) and (Squishy) would go over to Extreme Bowling to watch the construction men clean up the shattered remains of Extreme Bowling. Once they were finished they told (Ouchie) and (Squishy) they found the safe of money. (Ouchie) and (Squishy) decided that (Ouchie) should get 1million dollars for hitting the million dollar strike and that the rest would go to charity. (Ouchie) said “(Squishy) should have half of my money since he helped me make Extreme Bowling”. Once they opened the safe it was empty but (Squishy) found a note inside of the safe.

The Letter from Gazebo Zamboni January 1st Dear Ouchie and Squishy, When I woke up this morning and saw that the world didn't come to an end after all, I realized I had been wrong, wrong about so many things. Remember all those talks we had when I told you that everything came down to fate? Well now I realize you were right. What happens to us is not determined by fate, and that its not determined by ghosts. Its determined by us. We are in charge of our own destinies. Knowing that, I’ve decided its time for me to move on. After the million dollar strike contest tonight, I’m going to leave California and start new life. I don’t know where. Remember how I always told you I might as well give my money away because you cant take it with you? Well since the world didn’t end after all , I decided I’m taking it with me. I just hope whoever gets that million dollar strike tonight is going to miss. Thanks for everything you boys did to help me with my problems. You guys are great and I want to give you something to show my appreciation. You love bowling so much that I think you'll appreciate it. Enjoy! SINCERELY, GAZEBO ZAMBONI

My Thoughts On The Book The Million Dollar Strike sucked me right into the book. I thought that I was (Ouchie) and I had to go through all those problems. Also I do recommend it because it can teach those people who say that bowling is for nerds or something that bowling is not for nerds. Just like Mr.Zamboni said bowling is the only sport where you can get a perfect game. 10 frames ,10 strikes, and you have a perfect game. I agree with him bowling is the only sport where you can get a perfect game. Bowling is my favorite game and The Million Dollar Strike is the best book I have read about bowling yet. So now you know most about The Million Dollar Strike !