Newsflash: This Just In!
Endnote: I felt as though this would be a newspaper article about the incident if it actually happened in our time, not in just a book. I also figured there would be actual people questioning the coincidence of a weird phenomenon like the lightning storms to the bus accident, and added the comment to give a little humor to the situation. I wanted to capture the younger audience, preferably a fourth grader's attention with the newspaper article, particularly because they will be going into the fifth grade and will perhaps be seeking other challenging titles to read in their time. They could be wondering the same things I was when reading The Lightning Thief: Why were they fighting? Who were the grandmothers? Why are the lightning storms mentioned in the first place? It would catch a reader's eye and perhaps interest them in the genre and book or series, as it provides enough action to interest both male and female readers as well as a sort of supernatural feel.