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AFWife2002
1.0 out of 5 stars Poor condition - rip off
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2020
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Book is in horrible condition. I never would have bought it had I known it looked like this. I think I paid almost five dollars with shipping. This should be in the ten cent bin at a garage sale.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not her best but we still love her
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2018
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So my kids, like myself are huge Jean Craighead George fans but this book is kind of slow, awkward so far, we are about half way through.
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JS
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic children's book
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2015
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Fantastic children's book. If you are familiar with My Side of the Mountain this is by the same author. It was a favorite of mine as a kid and still something I enjoy reading.
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Isabel Harding
4.0 out of 5 stars The story of an Arctic drama
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2001
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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Anna
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed this young adult novel!
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2019
Thank you Jean Craighead George, for writing about my hometown! How nice to read a rare book with an Arctic setting and descriptions and issues that are and were so real to our town! Quyanaq (thanks!)
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The Accidental Reader
4.0 out of 5 stars Thankful for a warm bed and a blanket
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2002
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.
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Vlad
3.0 out of 5 stars A pitiful book that does little besides bore
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2002
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!
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carole
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, bad ending
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2012
I loved the book. It was slightly boring in the beginning, but it got better and better. But the ending was soooo sad!!!! D: D: D: In all, it was a good book but it had a tragically bad ending.
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Miss M. L. Irving
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2015
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Great books.
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