Name:______________________ Class P II .

Sec:_________: English Composition Work Sheet # 1

Date:_________________

In a book review the writer briefly tells about the content/story of the book and states the character,
setting, plot and his personal opinion about the book. The purpose of writing a book review is to incite
the reader to read the book.

Graphic organizer

Name of the Book: Author:

Type of the story: mystery, adventure, science fiction, fantasy (fairy tale), true story etc.

Description of the characters and setting (Time and place of the story)

Summary of the Book: Personal Opinion about the book:

Recommendation/ suggestion for reading the
book

Note: Do not tell how story ends. Leave your reader in suspense.

Type ,Setting
The book I have recently read is ‘Prince Caspian’ written by C.S Lewis.

Characters
It is a fantasy story which takes place in a land called Narnia (setting). Narnia was a pleasant
Title, Author

place where there were rivers and forests. Animals and trees could talk and dwarfs and giants
also lived there.

The Telmarines, people from a neighbouring country, conquered Narnia and banished all its
inhabitants from there and silenced the trees. The king of Telmarines, Miraz- a cruel man, did Summary of the story
not want anybody to know about Narnia’s past. Prince Caspian, the main character and nephew
of the king, was a very honest and kind boy. His nurse used to tell him the stories about Old
Narnia. When the king came to know about it, he sent Prince Caspian’s nurse away. Later prince
came to know that that his life was also in danger because he knew the truth about Old Narnia.
So. He ran away to a distant forest. There he found the talking animals that were driven out
of Narnia and they became friends. They decided to fight King Miraz and regain Narnia. In the
battle , their number was very less. Many of the animals were hurt, some wanted to give up and
it seemed all was lost.
Personal Opinion

Though the story is a fantasy, the character and setting becomes almost real. The writers
Descriptions are so dramatic that you can see all the minute details and hear the characters as
they talk. He tells the story in such a way that it’s hard to put the book away. You are in
Suggestion to read

suspense until the end,

It’s pleasure reading this book. Once you read this book, I know you’ll like to read other books
of the same series as ‘Prince Caspian is one book in the series of seven books named
‘The Chronicle of Narnia’
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The book I recently read is____________________________________________________________
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Things I liked about the story are______________________________________________________
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Things I didn’t like about the story are__________________________________________________
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If I had written the story, I would have changed___________________________________________
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I think overall the book was___________________________________________________________
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