Source #1

TITLE: All-school read unites Waubonsie students
AUTHOR: Beth Sneller
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2003

Main Idea #1: Kids in Waubonsie read The Body of Christopher Creed

Summary: The town has a book program and gives out the Body of Christopher Creed to many children
Quote: “Gayl Smith, a library director, bought 76 copies of Plum-Ucci's book and gave them to students and staff at the beginning of the summer. She instructed Warriors to read the book, sign their names on the inside front cover and pass it on to someone else.”

Question: What did the children think about the book


Main Idea #2: Suicide is a main topic in the story
Summary: The students talked about all the suicide in the book

Quote: “The students were particularly struck by all the talk of suicide in the book.”

Question: What about the suicide in the book?

Main Idea #3: School social status
Summary: The students talk about friendship in the book

Quote: “Along the way, he discovers how sheltered he and his friends have kept themselves, and how naive they all are. In the end, they ostracize him as they have with everyone else different from them.”

Question: How did this effect the book



How will this source help you write your paper?
This will help me write my paper because I can anaylyze what some of my peers think about the book, and with this information I can see if we should keep this book.