ANNELISE CARLSON

BOOK REPORT (SHORT)

ENGLISH 10D

BAVARIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

11 NOVEMBER 2013

The Secret Life of Bees

Publisher InformationPublisher: Viking

City of Publication: London

Year of Publication: 2002

Book Length: 376 Pages

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The AuthorSue Monk Kidd, an

American born novelist of The Secret Life of Bees.

Kidd was inspired by her home town Albany in Georgia to write The Secret Life of Bees.

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GenreThe Secret Life of Bees is a

work of fiction. Both historical and realistic.

The novel can be classified as a loss and betrayal novel.

The novel can also be classified as part of the theme of racial unrest relating back to the Civil Rights Act in 1964.

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Main CharactersLilly Owens: Is a fourteen

year old girl who runs away from her abusive father with her black maid Rosaleen.

August Boatwright: Part of the Boatwright sisters who take in Lily and Rosaleen. August runs a beekeeping company.

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SettingTime: The novel is set in

1964 when the Civil Rights act was introduced.

Place: Syvlan and Tiburon- South Carolina.

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Book SummaryAs Lily and Rosaleen make

their way across state they stay the time at the Boatwright sister’s house. Who are all into beekeeping. Lily retraces the mystery of her mother who died when Lily was young.

Two major themes that emerge throughout the novel are the desire to uncover the past and adventure.

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RatingThe Secret Life of Bees is

one of the best novels that I have read.

If you are looking for a novel that is full of a range of emotions, historical events and a variety of different personas then The Secret Life of Bees is the novel for you!

I give this novel “four stars.”

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