I miss book reports. Now it's total and complete over-analysis of literary elements in ridiculously in-depth essays. Ah, well, it's the last year I ever take English. Engineering ftw

But I thought Night was a decent book back when I read it in 10th grade.

Sounds like most school assignments with a potential for fun; they always find a way to cheapen the experience. Whenever I went on field trips we were always given worksheets to fill out during the trip about what we saw and were told by guides. Everybody was so focused on filling out the worksheets and asking other people about the parts they missed that nobody really learned anything. Eventually -- probably around 5th grade or middle school -- I started throwing the worksheets away and just taking a zero for the sake of learning something and enjoying the trip for what it was meant to be.

Book reports are the same way. Pick a book that you think you would enjoy and don't think about the report at all until you're done reading. You'll probably do better on the reports and most importantly you'll take away the author's intended messages. Doing well on your assignments is important, but don't let your education get in the way of your learning.

I've read Night before. It's a very powerful book. And as for book reports, I think you're right. In fact, this is precisely how schools have ruined Shakespeare for so many people, which annoys me to no end. Artemis is right, though. If you forget about questions and just read the book, you'll learn far more than you ever would otherwise.