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Book Report
of
Ginger Pye
in
Developmental Reading 8

Submitted by:

JED B. LAPEÑAS
Grade 8 – BROCKA

Submitted to:

MS. ANJENET G. LABOR

Teacher
STUDENT’S PROFILE

JED LAPEÑAS

Contact Number:
09472735660

Email Address:
[email protected]

Home Address:
Blk 28, Lot 17, La buena vida subd.,Gran Europa,Lumbia, CDOC

Date of birth:
September 17, 2002

Parents’ Names:
Father:
Edwin Lapeñas

Mother:
Jaine Lapeñas

Quotation in life:

“For every action, is an opposite, equal reaction.”

Book Title: “Ginger Pye”
Genre of the book: Children’s literature
Author: Eleanor Estes ( Eleanor Ruth Rosenfield Estes )
Eleanor Ruth Rosenfield was born in May 9,1906 in West Haven, Connecticut. She
graduated as a librarian at Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science. There, she
met his husband,Rice Estes. She started writing books when she was confined because of
tuberculosis.She died in July 15, 1988. She wrote 20 books. Her book, Ginger Pye, won the
Newbery Medal in 1952.

Characters:
Jerry Pye-He is ten years old. His hair is black, and he wants a dog.
Rachel Pye- Jerry’s nine year old sister. She’s skinny and has a reddish-gold hair.
Mrs. Lucy Pye-Mother of Jerry and Rachel. She’s the youngest mother in Cranbury.
Mr. Edgar Pye-Husband of Mrs.Pye and Father of Jerry & Rachel. Likes birds and is way older
than Lucy.
Uncle Benny-Jerry and Rachel’s three year-old uncle. Little brother of Mrs. Pye.
Mrs. Speedy-Owns the barn with Fox Terrier puppies. Ginger was bought from her.
Setting:
Place: The story takes place in Cranbury, Connecticut. It is a small town between New York and
Boston.
Time: The story took place in the year 1919 despite the book being published in 1951.
Vocabulary Building:
1. Veranda - noun. a roofed platform along the outside of a house, level with the ground floor.
Ex: We’ll have our coffee on the veranda.
2. Anxious - adj. wanting something very much, typically with a feeling of unease.
Ex: He was anxious to have one of these puppies.
3. Loll - verb. sit, lie or stand in a lazy, relaxed way.
Ex: The two girls lolled in their chairs.
4. Cooties - noun. a children’s term for an imaginary germ transmitted by obnoxious people.
Ex: Addie does not have cooties, Rachel said.
5. Nuisance - noun. a person, thing or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance.
Ex: an unreasonable landlord could become a nuisance.
6. Lief - adv. as gladly
Ex: Grandpa was a piano tuner and he said he’d just as lief in Cranbury as where he was.
7. Plink - verb. emit a short, sharp, metallic or ringing sound.
Ex: I used to like it when Grandpa was plinking the piano keys.
8. Spinster - noun. an unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage.
Ex: Papa was very fond of my spinster aunt, Auntie Hoyt.
9. Bleak - adj. cold and miserable.
Ex: That weekend was a raw, bleak one.
10. Cot - noun. a camp bed, particularly a portable, collapsible one.
Ex: Rachel slept on a small cot in the parlour and she cold not get warm the whole night.
11. Scrunch - verb. become squeezed into a compact mass.
Ex: She scrunched the handkerchief into a ball.
12. Traipse - verb. walk wearily.
Ex: They traipsed through the swamps of Florida.
13. Stoic - noun. a person who can endure pain without complaining.
 Ex: Rachel needs to be stoic.
14. Blurt - verb. say something suddenly and without careful consideration
Ex: Jerry blurted out: would Gracie be jealous if we get another pet, a dog?
15. Squeamish - adj. easily made to feel sick, faint, or disgusted, especially by unpleasant images.
Ex: Other cat owners were not too squeamish to hear Mrs. Pye’s unpleasant tale.
16. Pulpit - noun. a raised platform in a church from which the preacher delivers a sermon.
Ex: She would speak great from the pulpit.
17. Pew - noun. a long bench with a back, placed in rows in the main part of churches to seat the
congregation.
Ex: Jerry dusted the pews for a dollar.
18. Twilit - adj. dimly illuminated by or as if by twilight.
Ex: An alien is inspecting the strangeness of the twilit human world.
19. Prowl - verb. move around restlessly and stealthily, especially in search of prey.
Ex: Gracie-the-cat had gone out for her night prowling.
20. Impudent - adj. not showing due respect for another individual.
Ex: Ginger is sometimes too impudent to Gracie.
21. Cuff - verb. strike someone with an open hand, especially on the head.
Ex: If Ginger is too impudent to Gracie, She would give him a cuffing.
22. Pounce - verb. spring or swoop suddenly so as to catch prey.
Ex: If he came pouncing on her during her nap she’ll spit at him.
23. Burr - noun. a prickly seed case that clings to clothing and animal fur.
Ex: I hate it when I see burrs on my shirt.
24. Low - verb. to utter the deep, low sound characteristic of cattle; moo
Ex: He was used to the lowing of the cows in Speedy’s barn.
25. Cellar - noun. a room below ground level in a house, typically one used for storing wine and coal.
Ex: Since dinner was still not ready, Jerry and Uncle Benny went down to the cellar to play.

Plot:
Jerry Pye, a resident in Cranbury, Connecticut, bought a puppy he wanted from Ms. Speedy for a
hard-earned dollar. Jerry was pleased with the puppy. On the way home, Jerry and his sister Rachel heard
footsteps behind them. When they turned back, they did not see anything. Jerry decided that if anyone was
following them, then that person was after his dog. After a few days, his mother named the dog Ginger
because he looks like ginger and has quality of ginger. Ginger was a smart dog. He even located the school
that Jerry goes to. Almost all his neighbors and friends knew Ginger. But one night in Thanksgiving,
Ginger disappeared! The Pyes searched for Ginger, but could not find him. Finally, after two years, they
found Ginger! But he’s no longer a puppy, he’s a grown-up dog.
What were the goals of the character? Were the goals met? Why or why not?
Jerry’s goal was to get a new pet. That pet was Ginger. But when Ginger disappeared, his goal is to
bring him back. He (with his family) accomplished this in the end of the story.
What was the conflict or conflicts in the story?
The conflict of the story is Ginger being stolen by an unknown suspect.
What type of conflict/s were they? Were they resolved? How?
I think the conflict is a Man vs Man conflict. Jerry doesn’t know who stole Ginger. He needs to find
Ginger, and make the suspect pay for what he did. The conflict was resolved. The police found the
suspect, Wally Bullwinkle, and Ginger is back to the Pyes.
Theme:
The overall theme of the book is loyalty. Ginger showed loyalty to the Pyes by not forgetting them
for two years. The Pyes showed loyalty to Ginger by searching everyday, by not looking for another
dog(which they can do, but didn’t.).