Chapter Book 7 / Gulliver's Travels

Title	Gulliver’s Travels
Author	Jonathan Swift
Illustrator	Martin Hargreaves
Publication Year	1996
Awards	n/a
Publisher	Dover Publications
ISBN	978-486-29273-1
Readability Score (GLE = Grade Level Equivalent)	Lexile	710L
	DRA	N/A
	GLE	3.8
	Guided Reading	NR
Genre /      Sub-Genre	Chapter Book
Theme	Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your going to get
Primary Character	Gulliver
Secondary Characters	Little people, Giants, Crew, master, Master's daughter
Classroom Use	I would use this book to talk about Europe, character and values.
Book Summary	Lemel Gulliver graduated medical school and moved to London to be a doctor. After Gulliver’s master died, he married the daughter and became a doctor on a ship One day a storm came and smashed the boat. Gulliver and six other survived. He fell asleep and when he woke up he was stuck on the ground. He looked around and he seen tiny people. They all dressed like soldiers and held Gulliver captive. Gulliver and the little people could not speak to each other because they spoke different languages. Gulliver learned to speak their language and they finally freed him. After almost a year Gulliver escaped and went home. Gulliver returned to sea with a different team and wrecked ship again. This time it was on an island of giants.  When the giants discovered Gulliver they took him to a family that performed “freak show.” The family started seeing signs from Gulliver that he was sick so they sold him to the Queen of Brodingnag. Gulliver set sail again and discovered a floating island called Laputa. Gulliver  saw that the people lived very poorly and had the want to make and invent things. Gulliver returned home after several years and very soon decided to leave again. Gulliver’s last adventure had the people scared because he was so smart. He realized this and decided to leave. Gulliver returned home.