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Carina Diedericks-Hugo
Chapter 1
We meet Thomas Steyn, Hannes and Lukas. The three of them are best friends and they are
busy playing rugby. Thomas and Hannes argue about Hannes who was off side and it seems
quite heated, but then they laugh about a joke and everything is fine again. They talk about
getting pizza and we find out that Tiaan has a stepmother called Louisa who makes amazing
food. Hannes’s mom is forever on a diet, poor thing :/
Then they see the other players at the notice board and remember about the rugby tour to
Namibia. Lukas and Hannes are both in the side that’s going on tour, but Thomas’s name is
nowhere to be seen. Thomas thinks it’s because he started off the season a bit shaky:
1. he was unfit because of his role in a soap opera he played in a while back
2. and Billy Fourie, a very good flyhalf which is the same position as what Thomas plays, came
to High school Leeukop.
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, Mr. Du Toit, their coach, tells Thomas it’s because his father asked Mr. Du Toit not to put his
son in the team because he is worried about Thomas’s academic performance as of late.
Thomas knew nothing about this.
Chapter 2
Thomas is very upset with his father when he gets home. We find out that his dad is an
advocate. Thomas’s dad gives reasons for him not wanting Thomas to go to Namibia (p11):
1. Thomas found out something very important about their house and almost got hurt
because of it in a previous book.
2. Thomas and Hannes discovered a computer virus and fooled a few abalone poachers,
also in a previous book.
3. There was a serial killer after Thomas.
4. He had a terrible grade 9 camp the previous year.
5. He got to play a role in a soap opera.
6. His marks dropped from an A to a C.
Thomas throws a tantrum and says he has never been in the B-team before. His dad tells him
to calm down and grab a pizza with him while Louisa and Lara (his younger sister) are at
friends, but Thomas does not want to have anything to do with his dad. (Ugh, Thomas: you are
such a big baby!)
Chapter 3
Thomas is very hungry and decides to order himself a pizza. He stays in the outside room
attached to the house where the delivery guy can give him his pizza. We find out that Thomas
stays in Cape Town in a very old Victorian style house.
Thomas checks his messages and sees he has a few from Hannes, Lukas and Thomas’s
girlfriend, Alex. They have been going out for about a year. She is in the debate team that will
be going on the tour to Namibia. He has a cat called Cleo whom he shares his sea food pizza
with.
Thomas goes on Facebook. He has 83 friends. Suddenly a mysterious picture pops up of a guy
with a longish black fringe. He can’t really see his face, but his name is: Superdude. This boy
sent him a friend invite and Thomas clicks on “accept”. Thomas goes to Superdude’s profile
and sees that the guy has 119 friends. They start chatting and Thomas finds out that
Superdude has a tattoo. He then gives Thomas advice about his situation regarding the tour
saying Thomas should tell his coach that his dad said it’s fine for him to go and to then tell his
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deur
Carina Diedericks-Hugo
Chapter 1
We meet Thomas Steyn, Hannes and Lukas. The three of them are best friends and they are
busy playing rugby. Thomas and Hannes argue about Hannes who was off side and it seems
quite heated, but then they laugh about a joke and everything is fine again. They talk about
getting pizza and we find out that Tiaan has a stepmother called Louisa who makes amazing
food. Hannes’s mom is forever on a diet, poor thing :/
Then they see the other players at the notice board and remember about the rugby tour to
Namibia. Lukas and Hannes are both in the side that’s going on tour, but Thomas’s name is
nowhere to be seen. Thomas thinks it’s because he started off the season a bit shaky:
1. he was unfit because of his role in a soap opera he played in a while back
2. and Billy Fourie, a very good flyhalf which is the same position as what Thomas plays, came
to High school Leeukop.
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, Mr. Du Toit, their coach, tells Thomas it’s because his father asked Mr. Du Toit not to put his
son in the team because he is worried about Thomas’s academic performance as of late.
Thomas knew nothing about this.
Chapter 2
Thomas is very upset with his father when he gets home. We find out that his dad is an
advocate. Thomas’s dad gives reasons for him not wanting Thomas to go to Namibia (p11):
1. Thomas found out something very important about their house and almost got hurt
because of it in a previous book.
2. Thomas and Hannes discovered a computer virus and fooled a few abalone poachers,
also in a previous book.
3. There was a serial killer after Thomas.
4. He had a terrible grade 9 camp the previous year.
5. He got to play a role in a soap opera.
6. His marks dropped from an A to a C.
Thomas throws a tantrum and says he has never been in the B-team before. His dad tells him
to calm down and grab a pizza with him while Louisa and Lara (his younger sister) are at
friends, but Thomas does not want to have anything to do with his dad. (Ugh, Thomas: you are
such a big baby!)
Chapter 3
Thomas is very hungry and decides to order himself a pizza. He stays in the outside room
attached to the house where the delivery guy can give him his pizza. We find out that Thomas
stays in Cape Town in a very old Victorian style house.
Thomas checks his messages and sees he has a few from Hannes, Lukas and Thomas’s
girlfriend, Alex. They have been going out for about a year. She is in the debate team that will
be going on the tour to Namibia. He has a cat called Cleo whom he shares his sea food pizza
with.
Thomas goes on Facebook. He has 83 friends. Suddenly a mysterious picture pops up of a guy
with a longish black fringe. He can’t really see his face, but his name is: Superdude. This boy
sent him a friend invite and Thomas clicks on “accept”. Thomas goes to Superdude’s profile
and sees that the guy has 119 friends. They start chatting and Thomas finds out that
Superdude has a tattoo. He then gives Thomas advice about his situation regarding the tour
saying Thomas should tell his coach that his dad said it’s fine for him to go and to then tell his
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