Ethan's+book+report+(Feb)


 * Name: Ethan Escobar **
 * __Book Report__ **


 * 1. ****What is the title of your book and who is the author?

__Walk Two moons by Sharon Creech__ **


 * 2. ****Name and describe two main characters.

The two main characters in this book are Salamanca, and Phoebe. Salamanca is a girl that likes to live on a farm

Phoebe is very shy in school but when she is not in school she talks a lot. **


 * 3. ****Write a summary of your book.** (5-12 sentences)

In this story a girl named Salamanca whose mother went on business trip to Lewiston, and she never came back. Her father knows that she died in a bus accident, but Salamanca does not know. Salamanca and her grandparents go to Idaho to search for her mother. On the way, Salamanca tells the story of Phoebe Winterbottom. Phoebe was a really shy girl, who does not talk much. In school one day Phoebe sat next to Salamanca and they became friends. Phoebe and Salamanca where alone in the house and this young teenager shows up on in the front door. The boy did not have a name they called him the "lunatic". The next day they find a letter on their front door it read : "don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins". That night Salamanca could not sleep because she was trying to find out what it meant. The next day Phoebe's father comes running and says that her mom is coming home and she is bringing a friend. Phoebe's mother came and she brought the lunatic!. The family sat down and talked, her mother said that he was her son. The boy's name was Michel. In the end Salamanca's grandmother dies of a stroke>'s grave. Salamanca and her grandfather finally find her mother's grave. Salamanca and her father then return to their farm.

The thing thats makes this book good is how she describes things and how clear the ideas are.
 * Big Question #1: What makes this book good? **


 * Big Question #2: What would make this book better?

She could make this book better by making the book happier at the end when her grandma dies **


 * Big Question #3: What’s the one most important thing the author wants you to know?

The most important thing that the author wants us to know is never to be upset even in the darkest times. **

The author wrote this because he wants us to know that even in the darkest times in the world, we should always be happy.
 * Big Question #4: Why did the writer write this? **


 * Big Question #5: What does the audience need to know to understand and enjoy the book?

The audience needs to know more deatail on who Sal is in the book. She needs to explain things a little clearer at the end. **