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__The Tent__ by Gary Paulsen is about a boy named Steven and his dad who are poor and their search to get rich by preaching the Word of the Lord. It the book is called The Tent because Steven’s father does all the preaching in the tent. The only supplies they have to preach are a bible they stole at a motel and the tent. They go the tent from a neighbor in there trailer home who use to be in the army. At the beginning of the preaching only a few people come to watch. They collect offerings at the end of the each preaching. Since they receive the money from religious things they don’t have to pay tax for it. That’s how they make the money. Then they find these people who have a healing act. They pretend to heal each other so more and more people come to the preaching. This means the money keeps rising. They then have enough money to become rich people. But there is a shocking surprise at one of the preachings. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn how to become a better person.

-Jake Kann

Reply: Jake really does a good job explaining what the book is about. He summarizes what the story is and what the moral of the story is. All that is great, but Jake does not say what the author's style is and why he loved the book so much that he highly recommended it. What made the book so good? Was is fast-paced or did it make you bored at some times? The book sounds interesting but why should I read it? Again, Jake does a really great job of putting the story in shorter words. But, what makes that author so good in this story.

Jake's review did convince me to read the book, but it was missing some crucial information. Jake's review overall was good.

-Sam Skinner

Reply By Colan

Jakes review of the book makes me want to read the book really badly even though i won't, but it sounds good. it sound like the plot is very well layed out and will make anyone enjoy the book!