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Title: Daniel's Walk by Michael Spooner ISBN: 0-8050-6750-7 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Can't agree with School Lib Journal
Comment: (...) This is an adventure story, and on that level it works very well. In addition, the characters are diverse, rich, three-dimensional, funny, and complex. No simple formula writing here, though you can see the capture-escape-recapture-escape rhythm that you also see in the best of authors in this genre. Plus, it's a coming-of-age novel. Daniel goes off to find his father, and ends up finding himself. I'd compare it to Gary Paulsen's _Tucker_ series, or even (if you're old enough to remember) _True Grit_. Many YA readers and adult readers alike will find this book a very rewarding read.
Furthermore, this book shows a more accurate picture of the impact of white settlement in the Amer West than most of the popular YA historical fiction. There is no whitewash of the settlers, and no romantic images of the native Americans, either. Compared to some of the "Dear America" books, for example, _Daniel's Walk_ is far and away more historically accurate.
Students especially should get hold of it. (...) It's rare enough that we come across a decent story based on decent historical research.
Rating: 5
Summary: An exciting new historical novel.
Comment: Daniel's mother died in childbirth when he was just a small boy. After that, his father, a fur trapper, left Daniel to be raised by relatives in Missouri. Aunt Judith believes Daniel's father is a good-for-nothing responsible for her sister's death. She and her husband discourage Daniel from ever searching for his father. But a mysterious voice in the night warns Daniel that his father is in danger. Determined to save him, he sets out to cross the country and find his father in the Rocky Mountains. Daniel joins up with a wagon train and meets a headstrong girl named Rosalie as well as a horse thief determined to kill him. But even if Daniel survives the dangers of the overland journey, can he escape the horse thief's vengeance and find his father before it's too late? This was an exciting historical novel with a new perspective on the Oregon Trail.
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Title: No More Nasty by Amy MacDonald ISBN: 0374355290 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 09 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Christmas Barn by C. L. Davis ISBN: 1584854146 Publisher: American Girl Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Down the Yukon by Will Hobbs ISBN: 0380733099 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 16 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Parsifal's Page by Gerald Morris ISBN: 0618055096 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Pub. Date: 26 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: When My Name Was Keoko by LINDA SUE PARK ISBN: 0440419441 Publisher: Yearling Pub. Date: 13 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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