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Book Report

Your Name: //Taylor//

Title of Book: //The thing about Georgie//

Author: //Lisa Graff//

Why did you choose to read this book?: //I chose this book because when i was in Batt le of the Book I had got this book.//

Theme (Main Idea of the Book): //The main idea of this book is no one is perfect everyone has problem. Also the saying when you are given a lemon make lemonade//.

Setting (Time and Place): //This book is tooking place in present time//.

Plot (What Happens): //Well what happened in the story was Georgie was a fourth grade kid who was living with the disease of dwarfism. That is not the only problem, there is a girl name Jeanie the Meanie who always bothers him and teases him.//

Characters: //The characters in this book are Georgie Bishop, Andy Morreti, Mom, Dad, Jeanie the Meanie and Russ.//

Fictional books always have main characters. Describe one main character in this book in detail. How did he/she look? What age was he/she? What was his/her personality like? What was the importance of this character to the story? Did you like this character? Why or Why not? //I am going to descibe Georgie. Well he was a short, white boy with blonde hair//. //Georgie was ten years old, he wasn't that shy but only under pressure. He was not always dreary when people were looking at him because of his height he would just ignore. Georgie was extremely important in this story because without him it would not really be a story since he is the main character. I mean then Jeanie would have no one to pick on. Andy would not have a good friend. Even the title would have to be changed. His parents probaly would not be in the story and Andy would have to walk the dogs by his self or with Russ. I enjoyed reading about a brave, outspoken and short person. He made this story exciting and he really is this story even the title involves him.//

Main Events: THere are many main events in this story let me tell you some. One is when Georgie got the news that his mom was having a baby. He freaked out thinking the baby would grow taller then him soon. Another main event is when he was at the swimming pool. When he was at the swimming pool a girl he really liked was there. He was trying to impress her with his abilities to swim untill Jeanie came and ruined it for him. Jeanie had followed him home and Andy's nonna came, picked then up and Jeanie annoyed him. Lastly, the last main idea i will say is when Georgie had his Abraham LIncoln project. He was scared because he was the shortest fourth grader being the tallest president he knew he would hear some laughs. So jeanie had gave him cans to stand on, to make him taller.

Problem/Conflict: The problem in this book is life basically. Georgie is going through the conflicts in life. He has to think about what people would say about what he does and his height. He has Jeanie always bothering him. His friendship with his best friend is fading away. So those are his problems throughout the book.

How did the story make you feel? This story made me feel superb because i then know that you don't get everything you wont but you can improve on what you have.

What new things did you learn from this book? I learned that you should try knew things because when Georgie let Russ apart of the walking buisness it went out fine. Also that get to know people first, because Georgie always hated Jeanie but he started to change throughout the book. Lastly I learned don't go in a car with someone who can't speak english because when Georgie and Jeanie went with Andy's nonna ( who speaks italian) she drove them to the middle of nowhere.