Book Report 4-5pages

A Painted House tells the story of a 7-year-old farm boy Luke Chandler during

the six-week cotton picking season on his grandparents farm in Arkansas in

1952.

Luke sees and hears things that no 7-year-old could be prepared for and finds

himself keeping secrets that threaten the crop and will change the lives of the

Chandler's forever.

Many of the secrets pertain to racism or discrimination of one kind or

another.The story tell of the many prejudices and cultural barriers regarding

the Mexican farm workers and the people who came down from the Ozark

Mountains to help harvest the cotton crop.

1.Pick 3 of these issues and discuss them thoroughly.

2.This is a moving story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience.

Relate a story of your own journey from innocence to experience.

1.THEbody of the report will consist of 4-5 typed pages,double-

spaced and written only on one side of the paper.

Be sure to include 4-5 quotations from A Painted House properly

documented in the MLA style to back up your ideas.

Give the title of the book and the author in the first or second para-

graphs.Underline the title.Titles of books are always underlined.

.When referring to the author,use last name only.Never use the

author's first name alone.Don't use titles,ie.Mr.when referring

to the author.

.Begin your report with a brief description of the book(3 or 4 paragraphs).

Be very sure your thesis is clear.