craft an
absolutely AWESOME book report...
Don't fake it. Don't use Cliff or Spark Notes as a substitute. One more time: Read the book!
No matter what Mrs. M and Zeke say, if it doesn't fit with what YOUR teacher requires, it won't earn a good grade. So start with your teacher's instructions and go from there.
For example, one might write, To Kill A Mockingbird, an award-winning novel by Harper Lee, is an excellent investigation of prejudice as seen through the eyes of a young child. Or, Why Do Horses Neigh?, by Joan Holub, is a well-written non-fiction book that answers every question a child might ever have about horses.
If your teacher does not want to know your opinion of the book, keep it plain and simple: Flat Stanley, by Jeff Brown, follows the adventures of a boy who is flattened by a bulletin board and enjoys the results.
Depending on the requirements of the assignment, your report may only have to explain the book's storyline and nothing more. If this is the case, create an outline and include each main plot point of the story. Think in terms of the action leading up to the climax and then the denouement (what happens after the climax).
In the above example about horses, one might provide some of the facts that author Joan Holub shares in her book. For example, you might write, One fact that Holub shares is that thoroughbred race horses can run at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour. One way to organize your outline for a non-fiction book is to follow the book's chapters or combine them into more general categories. For example, a book about horses might talk about their physical characteristics, their usefulness to humans, and their personalities. These could be three headings in your outline.