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The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees is a recent novel that provides appropriate material for a high school book report. The protagonist of The Secret Life of Bees is Lily, a white, fourteen year-old girl living in the segregated south. Her fath...
Joy Luck Club
A relatively modern book, Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club is an easy, albeit very interesting read and makes for a good book report topic. At the onset of the novel, the protagonist, Jing-mei Woo's (June), mother, Suyuan, dies. The Joy Luck Club is a club ...
The Power of One
A book review of Bryce Courtenay's The Power of One provides a summary of the adventure's of its protagonist, Peekay from 1939-1951. This covers Peekay's life from ages five to seventeen. When he is five years-old, Peekay's mother has a nervous bre...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
If an autobiography is assigned for a book report, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin would be a good choice. As the title implies, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin was written by Benjamin Franklin. The book provides a summary of Benjamin...
Black Boy
Richard Wright's Black Boy is a fictionalized memoir that span's his youth into adulthood. The book is structured in two parts. Part I "Southern Night" covers Wright's youth growing up as a black child in the south. Part II "The Horror and the Glo...
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein takes place in late eighteenth century Europe. A summary of the novel is structured in letters between Captain Robert Walton and his sister. The story Walton relays to his sister was told to him by Victor Frankenstein. ...
Like Water for Chocolate
A book report on Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate might begin by mentioning the structure of the book which is told in twelve chapters, one chapter for each month of the year. Each chapter begins with a recipe, the ingredients of which are ...
The Kite Runner
A book review of Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner might begin by mentioning that the book takes place in modern times, beginning in 2002, but looking back as far as 1975 when a life-changing event occurred in the protagonist, Amir's, life. Back in ...
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped makes for a compelling book review. Kidnapped is one of Stevenson's most famed novels with a timeless theme of good conquering evil. The protagonist of the story is David, a boy who is orphaned at sixteen years-ol...
Dead Man Walking
Sister Helen Prejean's novel, Dead Man Walking, is a popular book report since most people are familiar with the movie of the same title. Dead Man Walking reiterates Sister Prejean's experiences with a man on death row. Sister Prejean has dedicated...
Moby Dick
A summary of Herman Melville's Moby Dick for purposes of a book report would describe Ahab's epic battle against the whale Moby Dick. The narrator, Ishmael, has experience as a sailor but intends to go whaling for the first time. While staying at a...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
A book review of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which was written anonymously, might start with the mysterious entrance of the Green Knight who pays a visit to King Arthur's court with a strange proposition. He challenges any of the court, especia...
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird makes for a popular book report at the high school level. A summary of To Kill a Mockingbird might start with an overall description of the story's themes of morality, social injustice, and the coexistence of good ...
The Red and the Black
A book summary on Stendhal's The Red and the Black might begin with a description of the protagonist, Julien Sorel. Sorel lives in Verrières, where he tutors the mayor's son. In summary, Sorel has aspirations to be like Napoleon, despite only bein...
The Kitchen God's Wife
A book report on Amy Tan's The Kitchen God's Wife might describe the book as delving into the tensions of a Chinese-born mother and her Chinese-American daughter. A summary of the book would name the protagonist as Pearl Louie Brandt, the daughter o...
The King Must Die
A book report on Mary Renault's novel, The King Must Die, tells the story of Theseus whose grandfather is the King of Troizen. Theseus lives in Troizen with his grandfather, and doesn't know who his father is. Because he can sense earthquakes, Thes...
The Book of the City of Ladies
A book review of Christine de Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies might classify this novel as a feminist discussion of the portrayal of women in the modern world. After reading an author's dismissive, immoral summary of the nature of women, Piza...
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A summary for purposes of a book report on Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde begins with two characters, a lawyer named Mr. Utterson and his friend, Enfield, discussing a gruesome assault on a young woman. Mr. Hyde is responsible for ...
Child of the Dark
A book report on Carolina Maria de Jesus' book, Child of the Dark, should provide reference for the material as de Jesus' diary during the years covering July 1955 through January 1, 1960. De Jesus provides a summary of her life, and the lives of he...
Mansfield Park
Jane Austen's Mansfield Park makes for a popular topic for book reports, mainly because the author, herself, is so popular, and Mansfield Park is one of her lesser-known novels. The protagonist of Mansfield Park is Fanny Price, a young woman who has...
Something Wicked This Way Comes
For a book review of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, the student can start by introducing the two main characters. Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway are thirteen year old boys who are confronted by a stranger, a lightning-rod salesman...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K. Rowling's seventh book in the Harry Potter series is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. A summary for purposes of a book review is as follows: The book opens with Dumbledore having died. Harry reads several obituaries which make him wonder...
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books. For purposes of a book report, the writer can take for granted that the reader understands the characters and plot line and focus solely on reporting a ...
His Dark Materials
A book review of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials can be broken out into summaries of the three books that make up the novel. Book I of His Dark Materials is 'The Golden Compass.' His Dark Materials takes place in an alternate Earth-like world. ...
The Once and Future King
A book report on T.H. White's The Once and Future King can be broken out by providing summaries for the four books that comprise the novel. Book I in The Once and Future King, "The Sword and the Stone," details King Arthur's youth as the Wart, who l...
Looking Backward
A book review of Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward could provide a comparative summary of the narrator, Julian West's, experiences of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The beginning of the book introduces the reader to Julian West, a man born ...
The Diary of Anne Frank
Because The Diary of Anne Frank is actually the personal diary of the young Anne Frank while she was in hiding during the Holocaust, it's important that a book report analyze the work as a personal diary and not as a novel. The summary of the report...
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings makes for a popular book report and appears on many reading lists, though it covers some very adult topics such as sexuality and Angelou's rape as a child. Covering her childhood through teenage years, ...
Nisa: the Life and Words of a !Kung Woman
Marjorie Shostak's Nisa: the Life and Words of a !Kung Woman can make for a unique book report. The book is made up of the summaries of interviews between Shostak, an anthropologist, and Nisa, a !Kung woman. The !Kung are hunter-gatherers and membe...
Heart of Darkness
Students working on a book review of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness can provide a summary of the book in the three major settings: Central Station, Inner Station and the Thames River. The main character in Heart of Darkness is Marlow, a young ma...
