This One Got Me Into Middle School

My 4th Grade, 750 Word Minimum Book Report On The Catcher in the Rye, Written at a Time When I Was Way Too Young to be Reading The Catcher in the Rye and Had Not Actually Read The Catcher in the Rye


For my book report, I decided to read a book named The Catcher in the Rye. The book was written by an author named J.D. Salinger. J.D. Salinger also wrote the books Franny and Zooey and Nine Stories. He did not, however, write The Sound and The Fury. I have not read any of those books or stories, but one day I hope I will. There are many, many books I hope I can read in the future.

The Catcher in the Rye is a very small book. It has a soft cover that is not like a lot of the other books in the library with the hard covers. I think the soft cover books are better because they do not need to be covered like the hard cover books do. Ms. Winchester makes us cover all of the hard cover books we take out from the library. You probably know this, though, because I always see you and Ms. Winchester in the hallway talking when I am at my locker. One time, I saw you passing your fancy silver thermos back and forth in Ms. Winchester's classroom. I think it's really great to have friends to share stuff with. I think that both you and Ms. Winchester would really like the book I wrote my book report on, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. I also think Ms. Winchester would like it if I returned the "Jumanji" tape I borrowed from the library in October. I think this because she has left many messages asking for me to return it on our answering machine at home. I think I hear her leaving one right now. RIght now, as I write this book report on The Catcher in the Rye, the book that I read for this book report.

Before, I wrote that there are many books I'd like to read in the future. There really are a lot. "Gone With the Wind" is one. "The Bible" is another. That book has such small print. Even smaller than in J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. The Bible. Boy, is that one big hard cover book! One time, my Mom threw a copy of the Bible at my Dad, but she missed and knocked over my American Revolution diorama instead. This is probably why, when I handed it in the next day, you said it, "looked it was put together on the bus on the way to school this morning and that someone had cried all over it."

The Catcher in the Rye is about a boy named Holden Caulfield. He is the one who tells us the story in the book. I think many people enjoy telling stories. For example, my Mom. She loves stories about what her life used to be like, "before you came along." I think my Mom would also enjoy reading J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, if she ever gets a moment to herself when she isn't cleaning up the mess that my Dad and I leave around. Oh, did I mention that my Mom also has the same fancy thermos that you and Ms Winchester do? She does.

My Dad really could not get over just how small a book The Catcher in the Rye is. One day, he walked past me and said, "There you are again, sitting on the blue couch, reading The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. I have seen you sitting there many, many times, reading that book. Yesterday, you were wearing a red shirt, but today it is green. Wow, that book really is very small, that The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger book." My Daddy got laid off last month.

Well, I guess that is all I can write for my book report on The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger as I am fast approaching the 750 word minimum that you warned us not to go over because "they certainly don't pay you overtime for this crap." It is too bad, because I have a lot more to say about this great book . I hope you have enjoyed reading my book report on The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger as much as I enjoyed reading The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

And oh, yeah, he says "fuck" a lot.