HOW TO WRITE A BOOK REVIEW

Useful tips

Parts:

InTRODUCTION

T

he title (underlined) and author of the book

W

hy you chose the book (in your case… you didn’t)

W

hat kind of story is it? (adventure? family? fantasy/make believe?

animal? true life? scary?)

BOdy

In this section you want to describe the main parts of a

story:

Theme: main idea of the story.

Setting: is the time and place of the story.

Plot: what happens? What is the main event? (Avoid

telling the end)

Characters: who the story is about? Main character,

other important characters of the story (do they help the

main one?)

CONCLUSION

Once you have summarized the book, you

can tell what you think about it.

Did you like the story? Why or why not?

What was the best part? Why?

Would you recommend it?