Don't always trust the internet sites that claim to summarize books, because they aren't always accurate. [substeps] As you're reading, you need to keep in mind what the central idea of the story is.
[header] How to summarize a story [title] Read the story. [step] It will be very difficult to summarize a story without actually reading it. So crack open your book, or plug in some headphones and listen to it on your ipod.