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Title: Water Sky by Jean Craighead George ISBN: 0064402029 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4
Rating: 4
Summary: Thankful for a warm bed and a blanket
Comment: Very enjoyable. The plot and the characters were just as compelling as outlined by many of the other reviewers. However, what was most valuable to me was the description of life in the arctic. Books describing something that I know absolutely NOTHING about are very valuable to me. And believe me, before reading this I knew nothing about having to eat the duck's beak from the stew in order to please the host(ess). Descriptions of just how cold it can get--especially at night when the hero was trying to sleep---- were also very moving for me.
Rating: 3
Summary: A pitiful book that does little besides bore
Comment: Like many other books by this same author, this book is TERRIBLE. I only read it because I was interested in Alaska and though some of the info in this book was valuable she could have made this a non-fiction sort of info book about Alaska and not have wasted my time. The plot if you could say there is one is not very good. My advice to you: do not read this book!
Rating: 4
Summary: The story of an Arctic drama
Comment: Based on her experiences visiting the Arctic and the whale camp where her son works, beloved children's nature writer Jean Craighead George presents a beautiful story for older readers. It tells the story of a young man, Lincoln, who goes to the top of the world and the northernmost place in the U.S., Point Barrow, home of the bowhead whale and the Inupiat Eskimo. Lincoln comes searching for his long-lost Uncle Jack and to find the roots of his Eskimo heritage, but instead faces his destiny when the captain of an Eskimo whaling camp tells him that a whale is coming to him. Uncle Jack came to the Arctic to try to convince the Eskimo not to hunt the threatened bowhead, and Lincoln, when a turn of events causes him to become the whaling captain, is torn between whether to respect Uncle Jack's environmental plea, or to honor the beloved whaling captain by killing the great whale. Though Lincoln slowly comes to feel like a true Eskimo by weaving himself into their culture and customs, he sadly realizes that he can never be one of these magnificent and efficient people. Romance becomes the main thing that causes Lincoln to realize this, and the heroine he becomes attracted to is as strong and beautiful as the main character in Ms. George's other Arctic novel for young adults, JULIE OF THE WOLVES. The ending is poignant and unforgettable, and out of Ms. George's eighty plus environmental stories, WATER SKY is probably the most provocative and thoughtful. Fans of the Julie books and the spectacular picture book, ARCTIC SON, will adore this story that is at the same time icy, thoughtful, inventive, tragic, and altogether a rewarding read.
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Title: The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George ISBN: 0064402126 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 1987 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Cry of the Crow by Jean Craighead George ISBN: 0064401316 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 1988 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo by Jean Craighead George ISBN: 006440434X Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Mongols (Journey into Civilization) by Robert Nicholson ISBN: 0791027309 Publisher: Chelsea House Publishing Pub. Date: 1994 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Who Really Killed Cock Robin? by Jean Craighead George ISBN: 0064404056 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 1992 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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