Isaac's+book+report+(Feb)


 * Name: **
 * __ Book Report __**


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

Dragon's Gate By Laurence Yep


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

Otter - A T'ang boy in his teens that wants to move from his homeland in China to America and help his uncle and father build a railroad. Uncle Foxfire - Otter's T'ang uncle who seems to find gold everywhere he looks in China. There he is a legend but in America he is just another worker.


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

Ever wanted to go somewhere but get there and regret going? This is how Otter, the main character in the book Dragon's Gate felt. Ever since his dad and uncle went to America to work on a railroad, Otter wanted to go. He didn't get to go until an accident caused him to flee his home. He went to America to build the railroad. He worked a long hard winter with his crew. They were freezing and weren't allowed to go back home until the railroad was done. One member of his crew got frostbitten fingers and they had to be cut off. That incident bonded their group. The crew always stayed together until one day Otter decided to go home and Uncle Foxfire decided to go with him. They hadn't gotten very far when Uncle Foxfire injured his leg so he could not continue on. Otter brought him to a cave to rest. Then Otter went to look for food. When he returned his uncle was dead. He decided to go back to camp and there he remained for the rest of the year.


 * Big Question #1: What makes this book good? **

What made this book good was the historical part about the immigrants coming from China to work in America.


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

Changing the beginning would make this book better. The beginning moved slowly and action could make it better.


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

The most important thing the author wants you to know is that life was not easy for immigrants back in the 1800's.


 * Big Question #4: Why did the writer write this? **

The writer wrote this to show how life was not easy when you are an immigrant.

The audience needs to know about immigrants and why there were immigrants to understand and enjoy this book.
 * Big Question #5: What does the audience need to know to understand and enjoy the book? **