Joe's+book+report

=** Date:November 30, 2009 **= =**__ 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 title of the book is __Fudge-a-Mania__ by Judy Blume. =** 2. Name and describe two main characters. **= One character in the book is Fudge but his real name is Farley Drexel Hatcher. Fudge is a small boy and he has a big brother. Another main character is Peter Hatcher and he is the older brother of Fudge. He is a tall fifth grader and he liked a girl named Izzy. =** 3. Write a summary of your book. **= In the book __Fudge-a-Mania__ by Judy Blume the Hatcher family and the Tubman family went to Maine for a vacation. One day in the summer the Hatcher's said to there children," We are going on a vacation with the Tudman's." A couple days later they left for Maine. It was a ten hour drive before they finally got there. When they all got there they realized they had to share a house with each other. The night they got there Fudge let Uncle Feather out of his cage even though he wasn't suppose to. Then the net day Shela Tubman opened all of the windows and they thought Uncle Feather flew out. So Fudge and Peter went out and they saw a house. It was the house of Big Apfel a famous base ball player. When the person opened the door and they walked in. Fudge made it sound like Uncle Feather was a person. Later Fudge found Uncle Feather in their house. The next day Peter and Fudge went to the library to checkout books. On Sunday everyone went to an antique sale. The next day Jimmy Fargo came to Mane. The next day Fudge ate to many berries so he turned blue. Later that day Peter's dad rented a boat so Peter, Jimmy, Jimmy's dad, Jimmy's grandma, Sheila and Sheila's mom came and had a lunch on the boat. Peter's dad was driving at first but then a lot of people got scared so grandma took over. When they got back, Peter's dad jumped to the dock and he fell in the water. So they put blankets on him and went back home. When they got back with Mr. Fargo driving the car, Mr. Fargo saw there where baby feet on his painting so he got Mr. and Mrs. Hatcher. He called his new painting baby feet. On Sunday there was a baseball game. That same day Grandma Hatcher and Grandpa Tubman where going to get married. Next weekend they had the wedding and Fudge was the ring bearer. Fudge dropped the ring so everyone had to find them. Then they found them and they both got married. =** The following questions were taken from : ** [|http://www.ttms.org/say_about_a_book/say_about_a_book.htm] = = ** Big Question #1: What makes this book good? ** = = What makes the book good is it is a funny book. =

What makes the book good is it is a funny book. =** Big Question #2: What would make this book better? ** As a critic, it’s important to be honest. And honestly, some parts of some books are pretty bad. =

If the book was more descriptive I think it would be 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 author wants you to know things can be really sudden.

=** 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? = = = I think the writer wrote the book to just write and amuse the audience.

=** 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? =

The audience needs to have a sense of hummer to get this book. They need to know Fudge and Uncle Feather don't talk write.