Book report?

Question

Does anyone know a book around 400 pages a junior in high school could do an easy report on without reading the whole thing? If anyone knows a book fitting that description that a sixteen year old guy would read, please let me know. It will probably be an oral report a few minutes long.

Answer 1

Well I won't comment on the not reading the whole thing, cause you should. But try 1984 or The Genesis Code.

Answer 2

As an author, you have cut me to the quick. The notion that someone is looking for an easy report they can give, without having to read the whole book, is the absolute antithesis of what literature is all about. Your sixteen year old guy would get as much benefit out of reading a catalogue and giving a report on a few selected pages.
Without reading the entire book, you have no idea of the subtleties of plot twists, of the depths of characterization, of the verisimilitude of dialogue and the creation of tension -- all that 'stuff' that makes a book interesting.
Am I going to recommend something that the 16-year old can crib from Coles Notes? No way.
You would do a much greater service by encouraging the boy to read and to broaden his mind, rather than damp it down and do a cheap and easy fabrication that will serve the purpose but won't help him learn anything or expose him to any new ideas.

Answer 3

it's kinda hard to come up with a book report without reading the book, but then you already know that. I would say choose a book that is not too commonly read in the highschools in your area (I am in Canada, so I wouldn't choose something like To Kill a Mockingbird or the Great Gatsby because most evaluators can catch the slightest mistake).

Instead I would choose an older classic like Silas Marner (george elliot) or The Magnificent Obsession (lloyd douglas)...both books have distinguishable themes and would be easy to get a grasp of by reading notes and reviews from the web. Good luck!

Answer 4

Since it's a book report, why not get Stephen King's 'On Writing' from the local library? I think it's about 285 pages long and pretty interesting.

Why not teach as well as learn in your book report? The class may well be interested in how Mr. King got to where he is. He also writes about how he was hit while jogging on the side of the road in Maine. (His home state)

Just a thought. I don't like the idea of you cutting the reading short either, but if its going to be that way, you might as well give a short book a shot.

Good Luck!

Answer 5

A tale of two cities by Charles Dickens- the cliffsnotes are easy to follow. All you have to do is stress how the french people overdid the revenge part and became worse than the ones they overthrew, thats the point of the whole book, besides the fact that the loser lawyer selflessly gave his life for Darnay to be with Lucy, which was the greatest thing he ever did.

Answer 6

I did The checklist Card by Andrew Clements in 6th grade and have been given an A. that isn't any longer very thick and is a pair of female who is going to college and tricks each physique into thinking she's stupid while she's particularly an off-the-charts genius.

Answer 7

Some of my worst grades on bookreports in high school came from doing what your planning to do. If you've got the time, do yourself a favor and pick a book you think you'll find intresting then read the whole thing.

Answer 8

i usally just get a book and if i don't have enough time to finish i just look up things about the book ! but get a good interesting book so u would want to read it more and finish it in time good luck hope u get a good grade!