Annie'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 title of my book is, __The Leanin Dog__ and the author is K.A Nuzum. **2.** ** Name and describe two main characters.** There is a girl named Dessa Dean and she has long hair and she isvery polite and smart.There is also a dog named Leanin Dog she is a dog with browine colored fur. **3.** **Write a summary of your book.** This book __The Leanin Dog__ by K.A Nuzum is all about a girl and a dog she finds. The girls name is Dessa Dean, and the dogs name li Leanin Dog. Dessa foud her when her dad wasat work, so she brought her in. A little while after that Dessa's dad came home he thought the dog had a dizzies,so he pulled out the gun.Dessa got sohappy when he didn't sot her,but she got very scared. the dog dosen't like her dad,but she got use to him.The dog wouldn't stay in the house with out the door open and when ever Dessa feels cold her ears sting. At the end of the book a bear comes in the cabin and attacs Dessa,but the dog saves the day and scares the bear off. Then the dog follows the bear,but Dessa Stoped her from it.
 * Date:** 11/30/09

This book is good because it tells about somthing you don't hear ever day and it is very creative. **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. I think this book could be better if they start the beging with more information about Dessa's mom because I want to how she died and what she was like. The author wants me to know that if you do somthing good for sombody you will get somthing good back.
 * 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?  **
 * 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.

**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 to teach because she is telling you that you should never give up like when Dessa didn't give up on finding the dog.

**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 audienec needs to no that a girl is trying to convice her dad to keep the dog, and shes trying to help save the dog and get it's streght back!