1. Summary Template
Like a good movie trailer, how do we hook a reader with a book “trailer” on paper?
This template can be used when trying to attract a reader to read a book, but not give away too much information. Gary Paulsen's Hatchet is the example used.

2. Summary Template
In the (genre) novel (title) by (author), (protagonist name) learns/changes/grows through (theme).
Example:
In the adventure novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Brian grows through perseverance.

3. Summary Template
In the novel, (character name) is a (age) (gender) who is (a character trait or situation).
Example
In the novel, Brian is a teenaged boy who is stranded in the wild with nothing but a hatchet.

4. Summary Template
As the story develops, (character name faces the challenge of (name the major conflict of the story).
Example
As the conflict develops, Brian faces the challenge of survival on his own.

5. Summary Template
(Ask a question that the reader will learn the answer to by reading the novel)
Example
Will he survive?

6. Example put together Example
In the adventure novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Brian grows through perseverance. In the novel, Brian is a teenaged boy who is stranded in the wild with nothing but a hatchet. As the conflict develops, Brian faces the challenge of survival on his own. Will he survive?