Sydney Smith's Book Report on "Invisible Emmie"

Name: Sydney Smith

Title of Book: Invisible Emmie

Author: Terri Libenson

What was the problem in the book, and how was it solved? Be specific. The problem of the story is

that Emmie and her friend were writing love notes to their crushes at lunch. When the bell

rang they both ran out. Emmie’s love note fell out of her binder and Joe picked it up and

read it. He started reading the story to everyone. When Emmie found this out she was super

upset. Then it got worse, after almost everyone knew about the note, Emmie’s friend

Brianna found out and had to talk to Emmie. Brianna was super upset because she thought

that hers fell out too. So then Brianna was mad at Emmie. How all this was solved was

Emmie’s crush, Tyler Ross, saw her in the hall and Joe said something mean. So then Tyler

and Emmie at the same time said shut up to Joe and then they both started laughing. Next,

they both went to art together. In Art Emmie meet a new friend and she said, " Oh are you

the note girl?" And Emmie said yes and she said that the whole thing was stupid everyone

knew the note was written just to be funny. Emmie asked if that was what everyone

thought? She agreed. And that was how the problem in  was solved.

What was the author's purpose or purposes in writing the book? Explain how you know. The

author’s purpose was to entertain. Her purpose was also to help middle school kids know

what school might be like and how to help you through the tough times in middle school.

How I know this is because the author said that some of the stuff in the book that happened

to Emmie happened to her in middle school.

What did the title have to do with the book?

The title is called Invisible Emmie because the main character feels like she is invisible

because she is so shy and does not really talk at all.

Tell in your own words how the setting of the story made it more interesting. Be specific. Pretty

much the whole setting is at Emmie’s middle school. It was cool because from the

illustrations it looked like a really old run down middle school. And when she was walking

through the halls there were a lot of other people in the halls as well just like in a real middle

school.

If one of the characters visited our classroom, what question would you ask them? (Make sure the

question relates to the plot/problem/actions of the story.) *Give the name of the character with the

question!!*

The character I would want to ask a question to would have to be Brianna. I would ask her,

“How mad were you when you thought Emmie lost your note?”

Pretend you are a librarian recommending the book to someone. Write a paragraph telling what you

would say. Hi, we just got a new book in the library today and it is called Invisible Emmie. It

is about a girl in middle school who is really shy and has a crush on a guy. One day she and

her friend were writing love notes to their crushes and Emmie’s note fell out. The whole rest

of the story is her is trying to not get embarrassed. I would recommend this book to all girls

in middle school because these kinds of things happen to middle school aged girls all the

time. So if you want to try it out it is over there on the shelf that says new books.

If they made a movie of this book, which scene would be most important to include? Explain the

scene with details and why it's important. The scene they would have to put in the movie is

when the girls are in the lunchroom writing love notes to their crushes. There were 2 girls

Emmie and Brianna. They went to the lunchroom one day and got bored after eating their

lunch. So Brianna said, “Why don't we write love notes to our crushes?” It’s important

because this is the very beginning of the book and it’s sets the stage for the whole story.