Module 5
Historical Fiction
Historical Novel
1. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Vawter, Vince. 2013.PAPERBOY. New York, NY: Random House Children’s Books. ISBN 9780385742443
2. PLOT SUMMARY
This historical fiction is about how a young boy spent a hot summer in Memphis. He is known as Little Man throughout the book. He takes over his best friends paper route for the summer. He call’s his best friend Rat. He calls him Rat because he has a stutter and Art is harder to pronounce. Little Man is a very intelligent little boy, but not many people know it because they think he is “retarded” because of his stutter. People tease and call him this throughout the book. He likes to write on his typewriter. This is where he gets all his thoughts out. Little Man however can throw the best fastball in town and he does receive praises for that. His parents have a lady by the name of Mam who watches after Little Man while they are away. He loves Mam and cares about her very much. At first he is a little nervous to be the paperboy because he knows he is going to have to speak to people a lot more than he normally has too. He meets two pretty special people that he really takes an interest in, Mr. Spiro and Mrs. Worthington. During the months that he does his paper route he develops a special relationship with Mr. Spiro. Mr. Spiro gives him a piece of a dollar each time he comes to his house with a word written on it. He learns things about Mrs. Worthington that he really didn’t need to know. He also becomes familiar with a man named Ara T; he is a homeless man that lives in the community. Mam told him to stay away from Ara T, but he didn’t listen. Ara T was bad news because he was a bully and a thief. He loved to get into little adventures that he maybe shouldn’t. Little Man is a little bit of a snoop throughout the book and finds out something about his parents that he really didn’t need to know either. Little Man had a feeling that something wasn’t right and his feeling was valid because the ending ends with a twist.
3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
I loved this book! It is all the little boys thoughts throughout the whole summer in a book. It is like he kept a diary of that summer with all his secrets and adventures. The whole book doesn’t have any quotation marks because it is like you are in his head through everything he does. The pages are divided into easy to read paragraphs. There are spaces between them making it easier for the reader to read. This book was very easy to read because it gives you every little detail about the boy and his adventures. It was a page-turner because you were always wondering what was going to happen next or who was going to do what. The book does a really good job at keeping you wondering what the town’s thief was up to, Mrs. Worthington, and Mr. Spiro. You don’t know who the big bang is going to be about until the very end.
4. REVIEW EXCERPT(S)
From Good Reads: “Beautifully written by a first-time author/retired newspaper man who stutters, Vince Vawter knows much about what he writes.”
Vawter, Vince. 2013.PAPERBOY. New York, NY: Random House Children’s Books. ISBN 9780385742443
2. PLOT SUMMARY
This historical fiction is about how a young boy spent a hot summer in Memphis. He is known as Little Man throughout the book. He takes over his best friends paper route for the summer. He call’s his best friend Rat. He calls him Rat because he has a stutter and Art is harder to pronounce. Little Man is a very intelligent little boy, but not many people know it because they think he is “retarded” because of his stutter. People tease and call him this throughout the book. He likes to write on his typewriter. This is where he gets all his thoughts out. Little Man however can throw the best fastball in town and he does receive praises for that. His parents have a lady by the name of Mam who watches after Little Man while they are away. He loves Mam and cares about her very much. At first he is a little nervous to be the paperboy because he knows he is going to have to speak to people a lot more than he normally has too. He meets two pretty special people that he really takes an interest in, Mr. Spiro and Mrs. Worthington. During the months that he does his paper route he develops a special relationship with Mr. Spiro. Mr. Spiro gives him a piece of a dollar each time he comes to his house with a word written on it. He learns things about Mrs. Worthington that he really didn’t need to know. He also becomes familiar with a man named Ara T; he is a homeless man that lives in the community. Mam told him to stay away from Ara T, but he didn’t listen. Ara T was bad news because he was a bully and a thief. He loved to get into little adventures that he maybe shouldn’t. Little Man is a little bit of a snoop throughout the book and finds out something about his parents that he really didn’t need to know either. Little Man had a feeling that something wasn’t right and his feeling was valid because the ending ends with a twist.
3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
I loved this book! It is all the little boys thoughts throughout the whole summer in a book. It is like he kept a diary of that summer with all his secrets and adventures. The whole book doesn’t have any quotation marks because it is like you are in his head through everything he does. The pages are divided into easy to read paragraphs. There are spaces between them making it easier for the reader to read. This book was very easy to read because it gives you every little detail about the boy and his adventures. It was a page-turner because you were always wondering what was going to happen next or who was going to do what. The book does a really good job at keeping you wondering what the town’s thief was up to, Mrs. Worthington, and Mr. Spiro. You don’t know who the big bang is going to be about until the very end.
4. REVIEW EXCERPT(S)
From Good Reads: “Beautifully written by a first-time author/retired newspaper man who stutters, Vince Vawter knows much about what he writes.”
From Kirkus Review “Carefully crafted language,
authenticity of setting and quirky characters that ring fully true all combine
to make this a worthwhile read.”
5. CONNECTIONS
*This book should probably be read by kids 13 and up. They talk about abuse, alcohol, and just stuff that a child in elementary should not be exposed to.
5. CONNECTIONS
*This book should probably be read by kids 13 and up. They talk about abuse, alcohol, and just stuff that a child in elementary should not be exposed to.
*I do think this would be great for someone that is
struggling to find their own special place because it shows that everyone has
his or her own special talent.
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