LCE 6th grade Electronic Book Review Form

1. Student Reviewer’s Name: Jake J.
2. Date of review of book: 3/27/06
3. Complete Book Title: The Crisscross Shadow, The Hardy Boys Series
4. Author of Book: Franklin W. Dixon
5. Year the book was published: 1953
6. Genre: Mystery
7. Student rating of the book (1 the highest, 5 the lowest): 2

8. Main conflict in the book: The Hardy’s struggle to recover a deed to the Ramapan Indian land and a valuable jeweled dagger against criminals

9. Setting of the book: (place and time) Bayport/Ramapan village, modern times

10. Main Characters and part they play in the book:
(1) Joe, a young sleuth who finds clues and helps solve the mystery

(2)Frank, a young sleuth who is older than his brother Joe and finds clues with his brother to solve the mystery

11. Are the characters believable and interesting? No, they are not believable because the danger would be much worse, and they always win

12. One excellent direct quotation from the book: (include who said it, page number, and use
quotation marks!) “You trying to bluff us?” Frank said boldly. (pg. 120)

13. Good reasons to read the book:
It is exciting in every chapter and keeps you entertained in an epic adventure

14. Any reasons not to read the book?
They don’t do a terribly good job explaining how the Ramapans lost their land in the first place

15. Did you like this book or not? And why….
Yes, because it was an exciting mystery through the Indian heritage of the Ramapan Indians.