Matt's+book+report

Name: Date: **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? "**// __Everest Trilogy__" by Gordan Korman //

**2.**   ** Name and describe two main characters. One of the characters in my book is Dominic Alexis.He is thirteen years old and is the youngest climber on the Summit Quest team. Dominic has the most talent and skill of all the team members. He is the friendliest and most liked on the team. ** Another character in my story is Cap Cicero. He is the team leader of the Summit Quest Expedition. He is one of the best climbers in America. Cap is an experienced alpinist who has reached the summit of Mount Everest 26 times. **3.** **Write a summary of your book.** In the book " __Everest Trilogy__" by Gordan Korman the Summit Quest Team is trying to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The four members of the team are Sammi Moon, Perry Noonan, Dominic Alexis, and Tilt Crowley. They are the youngest group to attempt to climb Mount everest. Tilt Crowley was mad at Dominic because Dominic would be the youngest person ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Tilt was one year older than Dominic and he wanted to break the record held by Ethan Zaph, an eighteen year old boy. When the team was three quarters of the way to the summit, Dominic was injured. He got better quickly and was able to climb again. Someone was writing to the National Daily saying that fourteen year old Dominic Alexis should go home because he was injured. Noone was allowed to give information about the climb to any reporters. The team did not know who was leaking the information to the U.S. newspaper. It was Tilt Crowley who was getting paid to report the information. The Nepalese Police told Dominic he had to stop climbing and return home because of the news back home. Cap does not want Dominic to stop climbing. Dominic ignores Cap because he does not want Cap to get fired. Dominic tells Cap he is going home, but instead he decides to climb with Ethan Zaph on another team. Tilt turns Dominic's oxygen tank to the highest amount per minute because he wanted him to run out of oxygen and not reach the summit. Tilt finally reaches the summit and is the first Summit Quest member to get there! Tilt starts to feel bad about turning up Dominic's oxygen tank. He is afraid that Dominic will die. Dominic runs out of oxygen. He and Ethan climb down to the Col and get more oxygen. Finally they reach the summit. They get lost on the way down. Tilt goes back up to try to find Dominic because he feels bad. He doesn't tell anyone and Cap sees his computer and finds out that he has been the person who has been giving information to the National Daily. Cap finds out that Dominic is climbing with Ethan. Ethan and Dominic get a call from Cap Cicero that a big storm is coming. Cap is afraid that Dominic and Ethan have died on the Everest climb down. Tilt gets lost and he went into a sleep that he would never awaken from. That is what happens when exhaustion and hypothermia set in on Everest climbs. Cap, Dominic, and Ethan finally made it back down to camp four. There they heard that Tilt died. They were all very sad. Then, the team had food and tea. Finally they arrived home safely. THE END **The following questions were taken from :** []  Big Question #1: What makes this book good?  This book is good because Gordan Korman explains about the climb and puts a lot of detail into the book. I learned a great deal about how difficult it is to climb up Mount Everest. ** **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. Some things that would make this book better is if Tilt Crowley did not die. Also, if the whole team would have reached the summit and returned home safely.

I feel the author wanted us to see the difficulty of climbing Mount Everest. It takes a great amount of effort and training to be able to climb to the highest point on earth. Tilt Crowley did made it to the summit but because he was a mean person he ended up dying.
 * 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? The author wrote this story to teach people that you can climb to the summit and reach your goal but most of all it is important to be kind and do the right thing.

**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?
 * It would be helpful to have and understanding of where Mount Everest is on the map. If you were an alpinist you could understand what the characters were experiencing.**