_____________________________________ Book Review

Book information:          

(       Marguerite, Rodger. Wreckers home other and termites . termites. 1st

ed.,. New York, New York: Crabtree publishing, 2011. 4-29. Print

Review Information:

Your name(s)Dorian walker

Class period:2nd

Date:3-31-11

Overview:

Margate Rodger. Termites and other home wreckers

Specify the type of book (for example, fiction, nonfiction, biography, autobiography). Help your
readers to review with perspective. This book is nonfiction.

Mention the book's theme. Termites  and their colony eat lots of wood is the books theme.

Sometimes you will need to include background to enable reader(s) to place the book into a
specific context. For example, you might want to describe the general problem the book
addresses or earlier work the author or others have done.

Purpose:

What is the author’s purpose?  To relay information, to convince, to demand change, to shock? 
The authors purpose is to relay information. Who is the intended audience? Anyone that 10
and older is the intended audience.

Background information

Determine credibility by describing the author’s education and/or experience, the author’s
other works, and work by other experts.  Look up the author/editor in Google, and if you
cannot get information on the author/editor, look up information on the publishing company.
Marguerite Rodger she has a series called the Creepy Crawlies is the publishing company.

 
 

Evaluation

Describe the book: Is it interesting, memorable, entertaining, instructive? Why? Interesting

because I learned things that I never knew about these animals
Respond to the author's opinions: What do you agree with? Everything And why?  Because she
use good information what do you disagree with? And why?

Explore issues the book raises: What possibilities does the book suggest? Explain. What
matters does the book leave out? Explain. None has everything that he/she was to suppose to
cover

Relate your argument to other books or authors: Support your argument for or against the
author's opinions by bringing in other authors you agree with. Don’t have any arguments

Relate the book to larger issues: How did the book affect you? How have your opinions about
the topic changed? How is the book related to your own course or personal agenda.

Is this book useful?  Yes because I was able to get lots of information from the book.

Summary

Overall I learn a lot of things that I didn’t know about termites. Also I’m still learning thing
about termites.20 percent of the earth is mad of termites. Also they have some of the biggest
nests. Therefore I give this a 4 star rating