Brendan's+book+report


 * Name: Brendan Date:** 11/30

__**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 book I read was Heat and the author is Mike Lupica. **2.** ** Name and describe two main characters.** ** The main character is Michael, a twelve year old boy. He is an amazing pitcher and loves the Yankees. 3.** **Write a summary of your book.** In the book Heat by Mike Lupica Michael is meant for baseball. He is either playing or watching baseball. The Clippers, the team Michael was on, were so good they had a shutout 7-0. That night he watched the Yankee game. When Michael was practicing he did an El Grande pitch he fell and got hurt. The next game they won 5-4 because he wasn't pitching. Once he was better he was put on the All Star team.

** I like how they give lots of details on the games he plays. 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.
 * 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? **

He shoud have more info on Michael's home and on Ellie.
 * 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 main idea is Michael,Manny, and Carlos are best friends and are great baseball players. **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? With a little practice you can become amazing at sports or anything.

**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? Mitchael is the pitcher and Manny and Carlos are fielders.