The winner of the Third Thing Essay Contest is…

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Keep checking back to see what your fellow readers have decided is Fanboy’s magical “third thing.”

The contest is now closed! Winner to be announced by the end of February 2007!

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All right, fine… here’s what I want. The third thing.
I want Lyga to tell everyone my name. There’s one time in the book when Mom calls me Donnie and that’s it. People read three hundred pages about me and they’re thinking of me as Donnie? And everyone else just calls […]

I think all Fanboy wants is a normal life. Everyday in school is the worst day of his life. He wonders how it feels to be a normal kid. No one judging you, everyone smiling at you, being yourself and people accepting who you are. He’s been through so much suffering, he lost hope […]

Fanboy asks his mother if he can feel her stomach. Up until this point, he hasn’t been supportive of her pregnancy or her marriage. This maturity may be the step to a more responsible Fanboy.The comic book and computer are just things — that the friendships and relationships he has are far more important […]

I think Fanboy’s third thing is to have a real friend. Because in the book I felt that Fanboy though a little annoyed with Kyra loved hanging out with her.

Fanboy doesn’t know it but what he wants more than anything in the world is a mentor. A Dr.Cox or an Obi-Wan (though in the case of Fanboy Professor Xavier would be more appropriate). Everyone that he meets he subconsciously files away as a potential mentor. And if they fail the test they go […]

Although Fanboy has Cal, I believe what he wants more than anything in the world, would be a true best friend. Maybe he doesn’t realize it, but I think he really wants someone like Kiara. There are things he doesn’t like about her, but he has a lot of fun with her, and trusts […]