Jacey's+book+report

__ **Book Report** __ **Directions: Answer all 8 of the questions/statements in complete sentences. Feel free to add a related picture to your report.** **1.** ** What is the title of your book and who is the author?** The is called" __Ida B."__ It is writen by: Katherine Hannigan **2.** ** Name and describe two main characters.** One of the main characters is Ida B. some words to descibe her are brave,indentpendant,unhappy,greatful.The other character is Ms. Washington, she is pleasant,overjoyed,caring, and pretty. **3.** **Write a summary of your book.** In the book "__Ida B.__" there is a girl named Ida. She lives with her parents. She is an only child. They have 2 dogs. Ida went to school in kindergarten but she didn't like it because her teacher was not fun, wouldn't give her the times of the good and fun things in the day, and the thing that bother Ida B. the most was that her teacher Ms. Myers would not call people by there nickname. That made Ida B. very upset because she liked to be called Ida B. Her mother went to the school to see how her day was because she didn't like the teacher. her parents deciced that they didn't like the school too. She got homeschooled. They were all happy. Then Ida B.'s mother had a lump on her arm. They did not know what it was so they went to find out what it was. They found out that it was cancer. She would also have to get treatments every other week. When she felt almost back to normal, she would have to go get another treatment. One night Ida and her father went out to the barn to talk. The father told Ida B. that she has to go back to school. A;so that they had to sell the orcard and the trees to pay for the bills for mama's treatments. Ida B. was very unhappy that she cried forever till her tears ran out. she was mad at mama because she broke her promise. Then Ida B. went to school. She didn't like it, but she would just do what the teacher says and to not be happy. Her teacher asked her if she wanted the class to call Ida B. by a nickname, she couldn't believe it. It was like she knew what Ms. Myers did to her. Ida B. just said no. There was a girl in her class and she was the new neighbor who bought the orcard. ( Ida didn't like her) The girl's name was Claire. Ida B. scared her and her brother at the orcard. Ida B. was mean to them. But she wanted to tell Claire that she was sorry. One day Ida B. went into the bathroom and Claire was in there She asked Ida B. why she was following her. Ida B. said that she jusu wanted to tell her that she was sorry. So she did. They where friends now and Ida B. was happy and started to look at her parents and talk to them. That is the end of the story "__Ida B__."
 * Name:Jacey Deleu Date:** 11/25/09

The thing that makes this book good is because it makes you feel like you are right there watching the whole thing happen. That is what makes the book good.
 * The following questions were taken from :** [] 
 * Big Question #1: What makes this book good?  **
 * Big Question #2: What would make this book better?**

To make this book better is that Ida b. was not always thinking to do the wrong thing instead of the right thing to do. Also if she would not look at her parents. That is my opinions to make this book better.
 * Big Question #3: What’s the one most important thing the author wants you to know?** This is the main idea. It’s almost as though you could squeeze a whole book down to a __single sentence__ and say that’s what it was all about.

The thing that the author whats you to know is that you should not just give up on yourself when something bad happens.

**Big Question #4: Why did the writer write this?** Why did the author bother to tell this story? What is it about this particular story that the author thought was so important? Was it just for fun or to teach something?

The writer wrote this book to tell a good story and to not give up in yourself. If you ever feel down get up and don't just say there. I think this book was for fun and teaching you something.Thats why the writer wrote this.

**Big Question #5: What does the audience need to know to understand and enjoy the book?** In other words, what background knowledge would be good to have prior to reading this book?

I would have liked to know that the mother gets cancer a head of time because thenyou could understand what the treatments where at first. That is what I think I would have needed to know in the beginning of the story.