Book Report: Non-Fiction
Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust by Jacob Boas
Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust by Milton Meltzer
Hiding to Survive: Stories of Jewish Children Rescued from the Holocaust by Maxine B. Rosenberg
Parts of the Book Report:
Title Page
Actual Book Report
Contents of Book Report:
1. Discuss the setting of the book.
2. Give a summary of the book by discussing the real person’s/people’s life/lives.
3. Discuss the character/person’s traits and support them with examples from the book.
4. Discuss the theme – the message of the book and some interesting facts you learned from this book.
5. Give your opinion of the book. Include the answers to the following:
*How would you rate the book? Why?
*What part of the book affected you and in what way?
*Do you think the book gave an honest account of the personÕs life?
*Do you admire any of the people in the book? Why?
Book Report: Fiction
Kris’s War by Carol Matas
Lisa’s War by Carol Matas
Parts of the Book Report:
Title Page
Actual Book Report
Contents of Book Report:
1. Discuss the setting of the book.
2. Give a summary of the book by discussing the real person’s life.
3. Discuss the main characters’ traits and support them with examples from the book.
4. Discuss the theme – the message of the book.
5. Give your opinion of the book. Include the answers to the following:
*How would you rate the book? Why?
*What part of the book affected you and in what way?
*Do you think the book gave an honest account of a person’s life during the Holocaust?
Hint: Follow guide sheets for book report for the four elements of a book; there is one more thing added this time – your opinion.
