CHAPTER 1 : NOBODY EATS BREAKFAST

1. It is the last Friday in October, everybody in Appleton is excited for

the derby of an American football game between the Ferocious
Ferrets of Fillmore High School and the Chargers of Merrimac High
School – also known as the Big Game.
2. Newton Newman (Newt) has a big brother, Chris Newman
(Chris),who is a local football star, who plays for the Ferocious
Ferrets after an electrifying debut two years back.
3. Newt is preparing breakfast for his family when he comes across an
article of his brother in the Sports section of the local newspaper.
4. At first, Newt is eager to show the article to Dad but he is held
down when the phone rings.
5. On the other hand, Mom is also busy receiving a call from their
neighbour.
6. Newt gets frustrated as both of his parents have not touched their
breakfast.
7. To make himself feel useful, Newt goes upstairs to woke his brother
up.
8. Annoyed with Newt’s bellow, Chris throws a pillow at him but ends
up hitting the floor hard

CHAPTER 2 : HALLOWEEN PLANS ARE MADE – SORT OF

1. Appleton Elementary is packed with different kinds of kids and
actions.
2. At times, he tries to be friendly and greets his classmates but often,
they just stare back fiercely and ignore him.
3. Before the classes start, Newt finds a quiet place for him to settle
down.
4. He takes out one of his Secret Superhero Sketchbooks and starts
playing with his imagination.
5. Newt has never shown his sketching of the superhero characters to
anyone else except to his two best friends, Cecil and JJ, who
have utmost admiration towards Newt’s creativity.
6. Cecil alerts them of the coming Halloween and suggests that they
celebrate it as usual.
7. Talking about celebrating Halloween, the three of them are bored
with their own costumes as they have been wearing the same outfits
for years.
8. Eventually, Cecil suggests that each of them needs to come out with
an outstanding Halloween costume based on their ‘inner other’ that
will catch everybody’s attention.
CHAPTER 3 : I SEARCH FOR SOMEBODY I AM NOT
1. During social studies class, Newt is still searching for an idea for his
Halloween costume.
2. He imagines himself as Zeus, the god of lightning according to the
Greek myth, but soon realises that he does not fit in the descriptions
shown by his subject teacher.
3. Not giving up, he raises his hand asking Mrs. Young what the
American pioneers wore when they built the country.
4. Although Newt is ridiculed by his classmate, the answer given by his
teacher is more than enough for him to rule out the possibility of
having such costume for Halloween.
5. The school ends early so the students and locals can watch the Big
Game Pep Parade on the street.
6. Newton is ecstatic to attend his brother’s last game of the season.
7. On the other hand, Cecil and JJ are more incline to their Halloween
costumes.
8. That has put Newt back in dilemma as he is having hard time
thinking about his own Halloween costume.
9. Newt falls asleep while figuring out the design of his costume only to
wake up after he has a terrible dream.
10. It is time for the Big Game as his parents are getting ready for it
and with heavy heart, Newt has to put aside his coming Halloween
celebration and shift his focus on the final game.

CHAPTER 4 : FOOTBALL IS PLAYED AND MISTAKES ARE

MADE
1. Newt stops thinking about Halloween when he recalls the moment
Chris mentions Reggie Ratner, an opponent from Merrimac High,
who has always been holding grudges against his brother.
2. To make it worst, during the Big Game, the crowd play sentiment on
both Chris and Reggie.
3. Newt, who is now away from his bleacher, is shown his way out after
he fails to present his seat ticket to the person in charge.
4. When the final quarter starts, both teams are level and
unfortunately, Newt is forced to watch the game from outside the
wire fence surrounding Fillmore Field.
5. He can see that the Home team, especially his brother, is playing
their hearts out until the game reaches its last 45 seconds – the
Away team is leading by two points.
6. Without giving up, the Big Game is getting more intense during the
last seven seconds.
7. The Ferrets show high determination and Chris manages to get a last
minute touchdown.
8. There are mixed feelings on the ground as the opponents bow down
to their defeat and the home crowd is jubilant with the winning
streak.

CHAPTER 5 : THE BAD DREAMS BEGIN

1. Chris is unconscious as the result of the winning touchdown.
2. The whole ground is in complete silence when Chris is being attended
and brought to the hospital.
3. Chris’ test results come out and fortunately he is not suffering from
any broken parts, he is just in coma.
4. Back in his room, Newt still cannot forget what happened during the
winning touchdown as he describes it as the thunderous crash.
5. He tries to revert his concentration to Halloween as the Big Game
incident keeps rewinding in his mind.
6. The next day, Newt answers various callers trying to get some news
about Chris.
7. Cecil and JJ drop by at Newt’s house to give a few things to cheer him
up.
8. The local community is talking about the touchdown incident and
starts calling it the Big Tackle.
9. Cecil also tells Newt that some of the Ferrets get some revenge on
Reggie, the Chargers’ defensive back who is accused of causing Chris
to get into his coma.
10. As the Newt recalls the Big Tackle, JJ tries to divert his attention by
asking about their Halloween plan.
11. Speechless, Newt tries to avoid Halloween by saying that he has lots
of chores to settle.
12.Both Cecil and JJ are not convinced and they decide to meet the next
day at 6.00 p.m for Halloween.

CHAPTER 6 : I GET A TERRIBLE IDEA

1. Newt is frantically searching for idea as he is running out of time to
come out with his Halloween costume and falls asleep soon after.
2. By noon, Newt is still clueless about his costume and he decides not
to celebrate Halloween.
3. He then falls asleep when sketching his latest fantasy superhero
character.
4. Mom is already home when Newt wakes up.
5. After peeping at Mom holding his brother’s sweatshirt, Newt asks if
there is anything he can do to cheer her up.
6. But Newt is told that he could do nothing for the moment.
7. Taken aback by Mom’s words, he decides to prove that he is useful
in such stressful situation.
8. Just before he can cheer Mom up by wearing his brother’s football
jersey, she has already left home for the hospital.
9. In the meantime, Cecil and JJ arrive at Newt’s doorstep.
10. Newt clumsily opens the door only to find that he is in awe of his
two friends.
11. Cecil disguises himself as the famous musician, Mozart whereas JJ is
dressed up as Splendida, a fictional character from her favourite
book.
12.Lastly, the big and important question pops out, ‘What is Newton
Newman going to be for Halloween?’

CHAPTER 7 : I HIDE – AND FIND MYSELF

1. Newt is out of words when is asked to explain about his outfit as he is
wearing his brother’s pieces of clothing.
2. JJ asks Newt if there is something wrong with his brother.
3. Newt replies that his brother is doing fine.
4. He does not want to let his best friends down so he insists that both of
them should continue celebrating Halloween without him.
5. Newt finally confesses that he does not have a costume for himself
and he immediately explains everything that he did in search for a
suitable costume before Cecil and JJ can respond to the confession.
6. After a long silence, Cecil and JJ decide to transform Newt’s outfit on
the spot.
7. Both of them alter the pieces of clothing that Newt is wearing and
eventually they manage to produce an outstanding costume.
8. They reach the ultimate transformation when JJ cuts two small
holes on the sweatband that Newt is wearing o his forehead and
change it into a mask.
9. Newt himself feels rejuvenated after looking at himself in the
mirror.
10. The three of them feel ecstatic as they finally manage to celebrate
the Halloween together.

CHAPTER 8 : I RAISE MY VOICE

1. When they arrive at the first stop, the lady and her husband living in
the house are rejoiced when they look at Cecil, JJ and Newt.
2. The lady has perfectly guessed Cecil’s and JJ’s Halloween costumes.
3. Then, the couple turns their attention to Newt, who is still searching
for an identity of his own as he has not named his alter ego yet.
4. The lady’s husband notices C.N. on the middle of Newt’s forehead and
he directly asks them about those initials.
5. Surprised by the question, Newton is tongue-tied at first while both
Cecil and JJ are quick enough to throw some hints when they see
Newton first reaction after being asked by the man.
6. Eventually, Newt manages to overcome his own fear and he reveals
himself as Captain Nobody, C.N.
CHAPTER 9 : I PRACTISE MY NEW NAME
1. After they leave the first house, Cecil and JJ really like the idea of
‘Captain Nobody’
2. JJ gets a bit emotional as she can see that Newt seems to forget about
his brother’s critical condition after being enthusiastic of becoming
Captain Nobody.
3. This time around, it is Newt who breaks the awkward moment and
urges his two best friends to focus on celebrating Halloween.
4. On that night, people show great interest into the three of them.
5. The attention that they get has been joyful especially for Newton.
6. 6.He feels more confident being Captain Nobody than being Newton
Newman.
7. Cecil and JJ are also aware of Newt’s change of attitude when they
are counting their trick-or-treat collection under the street lights.
8. When Newt arrives at his house, his mother has already hit the
sack.
9. He is a little bit disappointed because he wants to show his Halloween
costume to her.
10. Just before he falls asleep, Newt reassures himself by saying that he
is not supposed to be anybody, he is Captain Nobody.

CHAPTER 10 : I MAKE A WILD WARDROBE CHOICE

1. Newt, who has always been positive about his brother, cannot
stop ruling out the worst outcome of his brother’s condition and he
feels uneasy about it.
2. Then, he quickly realises that he needs to get ready for school.
3. He tries to look for his school outfit and after he fails to find an
appropriate one, he goes to school with the Captain Nobody’s
costume.
4. There are mixed reactions from his classmates; some make fun of him
wearing the outfit but Cecil and JJ show support for his wild
wardrobe choice.
5. Mrs. Young successfully manages the situation in the class from
going haywire as all eyes are set on Captain Nobody and a few kids
start mocking him.
6. In the Principal’s office, a discussion is going on between Principal
Toomey and Mrs. Young while Captain Nobody waits outside.
7. On a serious note, Mrs. Young jumps into a conclusion that Newt is
having a hard time coping with his brother’s latest condition and she
reports that Newt insists of being called Captain Nobody.
8. After that, a more heated discussion is going on after the school
counsellor and nurse join in and later on, the principal tells Newt that
Captain Nobody is welcomed in the school.
9. During lunch break, Cecil and JJ insist of becoming Captain Nobody’s
sidekicks and tell Newt to continue becoming Captain Nobody
because people start to notice them ever since.

CHAPTER 11 : CAPTAIN NOBODY FACES A FEAR

1. Newt runs home after he realises that his parents still do not know
about Captain Nobody and he does not want to get weird reaction
from them.
2. As he is running, Cecil summons for Captain Nobody and thinking
he is joking, Newt just ignores it.
3. Although feeling reluctant, Newt decides to respond to the call and
meet Cecil at the corner of Wareen and Kander streets.
4. Cecil leads their way, together with a wagon, passing by Dumpsters
and garbage cans until they stop at one point.
5. There is a big bass drum which has been thrown away, sitting on the
of the Dumpster that catches Cecil’s attention.
6. Feeling determined to own the drum, Cecil is feeling hopeful that
Captain Nobody will lend his hands to get it down from the top of
he Dumpster.
7. Newt is afraid of heights. So, he suggests Cecil to be the one who
should climb the Dumpster.
8. After Cecil makes it clear that the job is meant for
the fearless Captain Nobody, Newt changes his mind.
9. Captain Nobody climbs on and carefully passes the drum to his
sidekick, Cecil who is waiting with open arms on the ground.
10. As Captain Nobody is about to settle down, he screams his lungs
out when a hand suddenly comes out from the pile of cardboard
boxes and grabs him by his ankle.