Luke’s Book Review
Title: Mark Twain
Author: Clinton Cox
Publisher: Apple (Scholastic)
Place and year of publication: New York, July
1999
Number of pages: 240
Where you found the book: School
library
Story review
The reason
this book is called “Mark Twain” is because it is all about Mark twain. This
book is set in many places, including Hannibal, Missouri, Florida, Missouri,
St. Louis, Philadelphia, New York, among other places. The main characters in
this book are Mark Twain and his wife, Olivia Langdon. This book has no
problem, because it is a biography with no plot or storyline, just facts. Some
important things that happen in this book are that Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain’s
original name) moves, He moves again, He becomes a riverboat pilot He moves
again, He marries Olivia, He has his first daughter, second, third, first dies,
fourth born, He writes books, He dies. The theme in this book is to fight (or
write) for what you believe in.
Christian Perspective
This book is
appropriate for about ages 12+. In this
book, it talks a bit anti-God. At one
point, Mark Twain says “Anyone who is in his right mind and is not purposely
blinding himself cannot believe in God.” There also are a few swears in this
book, and it talks about Twain laying awake at night thinking of new and creative
ways to kill his teacher (He never puts any into effect).
My Thoughts
The reason that I chose this book is
because my teacher wanted me to pick a biography and this is the first one I
saw. I didn’t like this book very much, because it was boring, not funny or
exciting, and it was a biography. I don’t generally like biographies, and this
was no exception. I would recommend this to anyone why is a fan of Tom sawyer,
and people who like biographies. I would do this because this is a biography,
and it is about the writer of Tom Sawyer.
