LCE 6th grade Electronic Book Review

1. Student Reviewer’s Name: Allison D
2. Date of review of book: June 13, 2007
3. Complete Book Title: Eragon
4. Author of Book: Christopher Paolini
5. Year the book was published: 2003
6. Genre: Fantasy
7. Student rating of the book (1 the highest, 5 the lowest): 1

8. Main conflict in the book:
Eragon, a farm boy, comes across a sapphire dragon egg while hunting. When he touches it days later, he becomes bonded with the small creature that crawls out of the shell. Saphira, this dragon, informs him that he is a Dragon Rider, and she is his dragon. Now they must travel to the Empire in their attempts to overthrow its evil leader, Galbatorix. No one knows whether or not they shall survive, but their aim is true, and their hearts are set on the task that must be done.

9. Setting of the book: (place and time)
The setting is in Alagaesia, an ancient land.

10. Main Characters and part they play in the book:
(1) Eragon is the young farm boy who comes across the mighty dragon egg.
(2) Saphira is the dragon inside this egg, and although young, she holds great wisdom.

11. Are the characters believable and interesting?
Yes, I do believe they are. They display emotions that portray who they are, and why they are on such a difficult task.

12. One excellent direct quotation from the book: (include who said it, page number, and use
quotation marks!)
“Am I strong enough for this?”
“You have me.”
Eragon, and then Saphira. Page 93.

13. Good reasons to read the book:
This book is absolutely, positively awesome. It has a lot of great action and adventure.

14. Any reasons not to read the book?
Nope, not at all.

15. Did you like this book or not? And why….
I adored this book! When I read it, it kept me on the edge of my bed. I bit off all of my nails in the exciting parts, I’m sorry to say. I stayed up until one o’clock A.M. on a weekend reading it, and then I fell asleep with the book on my stomach while the light was still on. I even dreamt about it! I became a huge bookworm after this, believe me. It’s a book no one will ever want to miss.