Band 7: Describe a memorable book you have read or know about. You should say its name and the person / people who wrote it what it was about / what happened in the book why you read it and explain why it was so memorable for you (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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A memorable book that I read was named John in the Water by Stephen Cobert. It was one of my favorite books growing up as it impacted me in profound ways. My mom gave this book to me when I was 12 years old. She went to the library and asked for their current bestseller. The librarian actually gave my mom this book. When she handed it over to me, initially I did not find this book that appealing because the cover was not that colorful. Kids always tend to find dull colors uninteresting. But when I started to read this book, it changed my perception of the world in a profound and unthinkable way. The writer describes a character who has exceptional abilities. He encounters a criminal named John the Third, who thinks of Michael as an informer for the police. He believes that Michael should be executed by his henchmen. However, due to his extraordinary abilities, Michael is able to make guesses that are not possible for a real human being's intelligence. He analyzes the behavior of the criminal and discovers what he was doing in his previous life and what his occupation was. This really startled the criminal. There are some mesmerizing events in the story.

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A memorable book that I had read was named John in the Water by Stephen Cobert. And it was one of my favorite books growing up as it had impacted me in profound ways. My mom gave this book to me when I was 12 years old. She went to the library and asked for their current bestseller. And the librarian actually gave my mom this book. And when she handed over this to me, initially I did not found this book that appealing because the cover was not that colorful. And you know, kids always tend to find dull colors not interesting. But when I started to read this book, it changed my perception of the world in a profound and unthinkable way. The writer describes a character who has exceptional abilities. He is encountered with a criminal named John the Third and that criminal actually thinks of Michael as a informer of the police. So he thinks that Michael should be executed by his henchmen. But due to his extraordinary abilities, Michael were able to make guesses that were not possible by a real human being’s intelligence. He analyzed the behavior of the criminal and found out that what he was doing in his previous life, what his occupation was. And this actually really startled the criminal. And there are some events that are mesmerizing there.

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