• Title and author

Escape Under the Forever Sky By: Eve Yohalem

• Genre – Fantasy, realistic fiction, historical fiction, poetry, biography…

Realistic Fiction

• Describe the setting of the book. A book’s setting is one of its most vital components. How does it compare or contrast to the world you know? Does the author make you feel like you’re a part of the setting? Can you picture the book’s setting if you close your eyes? As you write, try to pass on to your reader the sense of the setting and place that the author has provided.

The setting is in the woods in Ethiopia most of the book. The author makes me feel like I am in the story because of the words she uses and stuff. I can picture the setting in my head and I had an idea of what the settings looked like the whole time I was reading the book. I felt really bad for Lucy based on what the author made the woods sound like.

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• Describe the book’s main characters. Does the writer make you believe in them as people? Why or why not? Think about whether you like the characters and about how liking them or disliking them makes you feel about the book. As you write about the characters, use examples of things they’ve said or done to give a sense of their personalities.

I believed in Lucy but not really any of the other characters. I didn’t like the kidnappers for obvious reasons because they kidnapped Lucy. I liked Lucy because she had the willpower to get of the situation she was in and she did it. I liked her friends because they are really supportive of her and are really nice to her. But sometimes they get her into some bad situations like when they snuck out to the market. Her mom is ok but she doesn’t really support her or let her do anything even though it’s just because she wants to keep Lucy safe. I think it’s more interesting when you have some characters you don’t like in a book because then you have mixed feelings and they keep switching through the book so I liked that about my book because i didn’t like a lot of the characters.

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• Give your reader a taste of the plot, but don’t give the surprises away. Readers want to know enough about what happens in a book to know whether they’ll find it interesting. But they never want to know the ending! Summarize the plot in a way that will answer some questions about the book, but leave other questions in the reader’s mind. You may want to make a list of questions about the book before you begin.

Lucy is trapped in Ethiopia with her mom that doesn’t let her do anything but stay in the house all day while her dad is in another country. One day she decides she has had enough and does something with one of her friends that she shouldn’t have done. She gets stolen by a driver and is brought into a place of nothing. She tries to escape and she does, but will she ever get back home?

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• It is a summary statement about whether he/she should read this book in 7^th grade. Give it one star if it was boring and not recommended. Give it five stars if it was amazing. Start like this “Overall, I give this book ______ stars because…..” Make sure your review explains how you feel about the book and why, not just what the book is about. A good review should express the reviewer’s opinion and persuade the reader to share it, to read the book, or to avoid reading it.

Overall I would give this book an 8 because it kept my attention and it interested me and I felt like I was in the setting. I recommend this one.