This book report is for my Language Arts class given by Mr. Samuel Jaja. It is based upon the book E.T Extra-Terrestrial, written by William Kotzwinkle based on a screenplay by Melissa Mathison. William Kotwinkle most popular works to date are E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial and The Bear Went Over the Mountain. He won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1977, and he has also won the National Magazine Award for fiction. The book was first published in the United State by Berkely Book, New York, 1982 and is copyrighted 1982. This edition first published by Penguin Books 2002 and distributed by Pearson Education Limited and it has 40 pages. I choose this book because my language art teacher recommended it to me and also because of a desire
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It is about an alien, E.T., is deserted on Earth, when his spaceship has to leave unexpectedly. He is isolated during the evening on a peculiar planet. He is outside a family’s house, and the children know ‘something’ is out there. One of the children, Elliott, goes out to look, but E.T. flees. He’s in danger because there are scientists in the wood nearby who are looking for him. Later, E.T. makes friends with Elliott, who brings him into the house without his mother knowing. Elliot deals with E.T. with the assistance of his sibling and sister. They teach him to speak and help him to send messages home by making a transmitter. He leaves the house at Halloween, when everyone is dressed up. But E.T. gets sick and Elliott feels sick too. He knows E.T. must get back to his planet or he will die. There is a chase including the scientists and the police. E.T. finally escapes by making Elliott’s bicycle fly up into the sky away from everyone. Then his spaceship arrives to take him …show more content…
When I visit the school library and borrow this book I approached it like most students do when they have a book report to write. I liked the idea of reading this book to know what would make the difference between this book and the movie. When I started the first chapter about the arrival of E.T and their friends to earth, I realized that the book was excessively accessible to read it, at first I didn’t like idea, but I got to used, because the most crucial characteristic of the books was to read the book not to looks the details of difficulty or simplicity of it. The point of this is that the book was very enjoyable and informative. I found the book to be very well thought out and well
It is about an alien, E.T., is deserted on Earth, when his spaceship has to leave unexpectedly. He is isolated during the evening on a peculiar planet. He is outside a family’s house, and the children know ‘something’ is out there. One of the children, Elliott, goes out to look, but E.T. flees. He’s in danger because there are scientists in the wood nearby who are looking for him. Later, E.T. makes friends with Elliott, who brings him into the house without his mother knowing. Elliot deals with E.T. with the assistance of his sibling and sister. They teach him to speak and help him to send messages home by making a transmitter. He leaves the house at Halloween, when everyone is dressed up. But E.T. gets sick and Elliott feels sick too. He knows E.T. must get back to his planet or he will die. There is a chase including the scientists and the police. E.T. finally escapes by making Elliott’s bicycle fly up into the sky away from everyone. Then his spaceship arrives to take him …show more content…
When I visit the school library and borrow this book I approached it like most students do when they have a book report to write. I liked the idea of reading this book to know what would make the difference between this book and the movie. When I started the first chapter about the arrival of E.T and their friends to earth, I realized that the book was excessively accessible to read it, at first I didn’t like idea, but I got to used, because the most crucial characteristic of the books was to read the book not to looks the details of difficulty or simplicity of it. The point of this is that the book was very enjoyable and informative. I found the book to be very well thought out and well