The Wright 3

By Blue Balliett

Review by Sarah

The opening paragraph grabs the reader’s attention.

·Put reader right into the action

·Make reader imagine the unimaginable (ie. It’s not everyday that a 13 year old girl is accused of murder…)

·Don’t start with “the book I read was…” That’s way too BORING! Hook us into the plot!

A murder is being planned. A wonderful architecture is going to be destroyed. Tommy, Calder, and Pedra need to save William Lloyd Wright’s wonderful Robie house before it is torn apart. The Wright 3 drags you into the house that will soon be destructed.

The title and author are worked in naturally

·Don’t say, “My book was The Giver” when you can say, “Jonas, a twelve year old boy and the main character of Lois Lowry’s Newbery Award winning novel The Giver, must make decisions that impact his entire society.”

Tommy, Calder, and Pedra have set there minds on saving a work of art. In The Wright 3, the kids are forced into a mystery of the beautiful artwork. As the three find out plans for the fate of the Robie House, they are more and more desperate to save it.

The overall idea and plot are discussed, without giving away the ending

·Keep it short and sweet, even if it’s a long book

·Just give the reader the gist of the book. Be clear, make sense, don’t give away the ending

As the kids try to rescue the house, strange things start to happen. Coincidences have a certain meaning that point to solution, strange figures are appearing and dropping hints. The house itself seems to talk to the kids and understand what they think. The kids are being scared out of their wits but cannot give up. Can they do it? Is it possible to help keep the Robie house up and alive?

Describe one exciting incident in detail

·Again, don’t give away the ending

·Be clear enough so that someone who HAS NOT read the book can follow

One part of the book that I clearly remember was the part where Pedra is in her room looking out the window at a train, then sees the mysterious person drop the copy of the book The Invisible Man. Then Pedra goes and finds Calder and together they get the book from the train track. That part started to make me wonder what would happen and why. I started to get really sucked into the intensity of this mystery.

End the review with your opinion and recommendation

·Who might like this type of book? (Sports fans? People that love to laugh? History buffs? Late night readers that like to be freaked out?

·What did you think? Is it worth reading? If it won an award, is it worth the hype?

If you are a fan of mystery, action, and suspense, you would like this book. It’s an easy book to understand and it paints a vivid image in your mind. It’s a wonderful book, but in some parts it’s kind of strange.