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Title: Year of the Leopard Song by Eric Campbell ISBN: 0-15-299806-3 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: A Story Not To Forget
Comment: The Year of The Leopard Song by Eric Campbell is a very interesting book. Alan, a 16-year-old boy, lives with his parents at the foot of Mt. Kilma Njaro in Africa. When Alan's best friend Kimathi is missing, and they find a dead chicken hanging in their shed, they become frightened. So, Alan begins a journey up the mountain to find his good friend. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves action, suspense, and mystery.

I would recommend this book because it many great action scenes that keep your eyes glued to the pages to see what will happen next. For example, when Alan gets to the top of the mountain he finds kimathi. Kimathi is entranced and tries to kill his friend. Also, the book is very descriptive and it is almost as if one can feel the emotions that the characters possess. I think that this is a good quality in a book because it gives the book substance. Besides all of those great qualities, The Year of The Leopard Song gives geographical features of Africa and the mountains around it. You can really see how tough it would be to climb the mountains, like Alan and Kimathi do.

Some might disagree with my opinion of this book. They might think that it is too descriptive and boring. But Campbell does a good job of keeping the reader interested by bringing in brief action scenes that lead up to the main event at the end of the book. Also, the book is 192 pages long and it isn't until around page 170 that anything major starts to happen. But I think that the description before is needed to give the reader a better sense of what is happening, and the different views and feelings of each character. I would definitely recommend this book. It has action, suspense and description. That's about all that a book needs.

Rating: 1
Summary: A plot misunderstood: The Year of the Leopard Song
Comment: In The Year of The Leopard Song, by Eric Campbell, 18 year old Alan has just returned to his homeland Africa from a year abroad, and is reuniting with friends and family. In coming home, Alan sees with fresh eyes the racial prejudice against white Africans such as himself, and learns to accept that he will never be considered a true African by his friends and fellows. He is only beginning to face this seemingly new challenge when his best friend Kimathi disappears, and in search of him Alan finds himself in much more danger than he bargained for... Although this novel is well written and suspenseful, it is hard to tell whether it is meant to be realistic or simply magical. It is also confusing and you don't really understand the plot until well after the middle. Overall, it simply goes on too long before you can begin to grasp what is happening. I would not recommend In the Year of the Leopard Song because it is confusing and the plot takes too long to unfold. It is confusing because it seems magical in how the Chagga can transform a boy into a leopard, but feels like a story based on reality and African culture. I was never sure whether it was intended to be a magical fantasy or realistic fiction work. The story does not start out with a clear explanation of what is going on, it starts into the story and leaves you to figure it out. It was simply hard to understand, and I would not recommend it at all. Some people might think this is a worthwhile book, because the plot is suspenseful, when Alan finds himself on Kilimanjaro in the hands of the Chagga, if confusing. Still, the confusion overrides the suspense and after finishing it I thought it a waste of time. Older and more advanced readers might find this book worthwhile, but the average teen would not enjoy it. Overall, this book was a waste of time and I would not recommend it.

Rating: 5
Summary: A struggle between a British lad and a young Chagga man.
Comment: This supernatural struugle is truly gripping and thrilling. Campbell reveals the struggle between the African tribal and British white man's ways through the use of realistic, alternating dialogue and thoughts. The descriptions of Mt. Kilamanjaro make me want to climb it to see for myself its mystical wonders. The two boys, Kimanthi and Alan, move from boyhood best friends to predator-prey. The ending of the story left my heart aching for for both boys and their families. I plan to use this novel in my 11th grade English course called Communications III. This novel is a good example of world literature to teach students about Africa and part of its history. Also, it exemplifies how communication is used and misused by people of different age groups and cultures when they try to express themselves or relate to each other.