LCE 6th grade Electronic Book Review

1. Student Reviewer’s Name: Clayton W
2. Date of review of book: 6/13/07
3. Complete Book Title: The Curios Incident of the Dog in The Night-time
4. Author of Book: Mark Haddon
5. Year the book was published: 2003
6. Genre: Fiction
7. Student rating of the book (1 the highest, 5 the lowest): 1

8. Main conflict in the book:
An autistic kid tries to solve a mystery though facing the problem that is his disability to read expressions. This mystery begins when the kid, Christopher, finds a dead dog on his neighbor’s yard. He then sets out to find and turn in the fraud of this dramatic crime.

9. Setting of the book: (place and time)
This book is set in a very crowded suburban area with many odd neighbors for Christopher to disturb.

10. Main Characters and part they play in the book:
(1)Christopher: Autistic inspired kid
(2)Siobhan: Encouraging, teacher.

11. Are the characters believable and interesting?
Yes the characters make for a funny, creative, and interesting plot.

12. One excellent direct quotation from the book: (include who said it, page number, and use
quotation marks!)
“My Name is Christopher John Francis Boone, and I know all the countries in the world as well as their capitals and also I know every prime number up to 7,057.” (Christopher, pg 2)

13. Good reasons to read the book:
A good reason to read this book is because it is a very funny inspiring fiction book that would catch the eye of any reader.

14. Any reasons not to read the book?
This book may be inappropriate for less mature readers.

Did you like this book or not? And why….
I loved this book because it is a belly laugh as well as a tilling and compelling mystery. I would be sure to recommend this book to any person eligible to read it!