Author: Ted Hughes
Title: The Iron Giant: A story in Five Nights
Illustrator: Andrew Davidson
Readability Score: Lexile: 770L, DRA: 38, Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 - 4.1, Guided Reading: O
Genre: Ficiton
Subgenre: Science and Fantasy
Theme: Culture, diversity, character and values
Primary and Secondary Characters: Primary - Iron Giant and Hogarth, Secondary - Hogarth's father, and farmers
Awards/ Date of Publication: 1999
Publishing Company: Alfred A. Knopf Inc.
ISBN: 0-375-90167
Summary: A huge fearsome giant is devouring a towns tractors, cars, and barbed wire fences. The town is in a panic trying to figure out how to save their town. The town creates a plan to save their town by trapping the giant. Hogarth is brave enough to lead the iron giant to a new home. The Earth needs someone to help them fight off a danger, and Hogarth knows just the person to look to when the Earth needs a hero.
Classroom Teaching Ideas:
1. Story elements: plot and character
2. Conflict and resolution
1. Story elements: plot and character
2. Conflict and resolution
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