Chew on This

By Eric Schlosser

Review by Mitchell

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!

Did you know that a single fast-food hamburger may contain meat from hundreds, even thousands, of different cattle? Believe it or not, this is true. Find out what really lurks between those patties, and the truth about McDonalds.

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.”

Eric Schlosser goes inside the truth about McDonalds and how they process food. Chew on This exposes our fast food nation from the beginning to today.

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

Eric jam- packs it with stories about obese kids, chickens in the stun tub, workers getting cut and killed on the job and early scares about hamburgers. Fast food has slowly torn America apart and taking people’s lives away.

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

McDonalds plan is to target kids ages 6-9, so they could convince their parents to take them to McDonalds. And it works. One in Three toys given to a kid is from a fast food restaurant. He interviewed one worker who worked at McDonalds 19 hour’s strait, and she got awarded for it. But the award was just a bag of candy.

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?

I think this book is great for all you fact- lovers out there. This book is definitely worth reading. The truth about McDonalds lies inside of that book, and it tells their secrets, food making process, and the life of a chicken in the slaughter house.