Ben'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 Man Who Was Poe by Avi
 * Name: Date:12/1/09**

**2.** ** Name and describe two main characters.** Mr.Dupin is a man who wears a black coat and has dark scary eyes.Edmund is a young boy who lives with his sister and his aunt. **3.** **Write a summary of your book.In the book "The Man Who Was Poe" by Avi,a boy named Edmund is in search for his family members and a man named Mr.Dupin helps him.Mr.Dupin and Edmund found out that Edmunds aunt was drowned.Now they just needed to find out what happend to Edmunds sister.Or as Edmund likes to call her "sis".A man named Edgar Allen Poe came to town.Edmund had a feeling his sister was alive.One night Edgar Allen Poe and a man named Throck woke him up and surrounded him.Edmund assumed they had his sister.He was wrong.Mr.Poe was harmless.They found out edmunds sister was alive.That's what happend in this story.**

**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 one that would make this book better is that the author uses to much information.
 * 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? This is a great book because I love stories about crime,murder,and mystery **


 * 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 author wants you to know about the story and how Edmunds family members were missing.

**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 writer wrote this book to interest you.

**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? They need to understand whats happening in the story and how Edmunds relatives got lost.