LCE 6th grade Electronic Book Review

1. Student Reviewer’s Name: Karley M.

2. Date of review of book: June 15, 2007

3. Complete Book Title: Flags of our Fathers

4. Author of Book: James Bradley with Ron Powers

5. Year the book was published: May 2000

6. Genre: Biography

7. Student rating of the book (1 the highest, 5 the lowest): 1.4

8. Main conflict in the book: The Iwo Jima battle of World War II

9. Setting of the book: (place and time)
Iwo Jima, 1945 - 1994

10. Main Characters and part they play in the book:
(1) John Bradley
He signs up as a marine as a marine in WWII and is one of the six people in a famous picture of the flag raising on Iwo Jima

11. Are the characters believable and interesting?
The characters are very believable and quite interesting

12. One excellent direct quotation from the book: (include who said it, page number, and use
quotation marks!)
“ The real heroes of Iwo Jima are those who didn’t come back.
- John Bradley

13. Good reasons to read the book:
It is very informative about the war and the real life of the Navy who fought the Imo Jima.

14. Any reasons not to read the book?
The book should only be read by mature readers probably from fifth grade and up.

Did you like this book or not? And why….
I liked this book because it showed the real life of the Navy soldiers and their hardships with their friends’ deaths and their night terrors.