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Ghost Canoe

Overview
Set in 1874 in Cap e Flat t ery W
Hob b s clearly describ es t he
Nort h Pacif ic lan dscap e an d
t he cust om s of t he Makah
I n dian s t hat live t here. 14 year
old Nat han MacAllist er, son of
Cap t ain Zachary MacAllist er,
help s his f at her run t he
light house on t he islan d of
Tat oosh. He p addles his can oe
b ack an d f ort h deliverin g
sup p lies t o t he islan d f rom t he
m ain lan d w it h his Makah
f rien d, Light house George. The
b oys have m an y w on derf ul
adven t ures t oget her, hun t in g
f or w hales an d seals.
On e n ight , t he L.S. Burn ab y
crashes on t he rocks n ear t he
light house. All han ds are lost ,
b ut m yst eriously, t here are
f oot p rin t s leadin g aw ay f rom
t he w reck. When t he a b ody,of
t he cap t ain , w ashes ashore,
Nat han kn ow s he m ust
som ehow solve t he m yst ery. At
f irst , he b elieves t hat som e
m alevolen t sp irit is som ehow
resp on sib le f or t he st ran ge
t hin gs t hat b egin t o hap p en ,
b ut clues such as a n ervous
n eighb or an d t radesm an
b uryin g a b ox in t he m iddle of
t he n ight , a st ran ger w it h a
kn if e, an d a ghost ly skelet on
han din g in a Makah can oe
han gin g in t he t reet op s n ear
t he sea, gradually con vin ce
Nat han t hat it is a p erson , an d

n ot a ghost t hat is som ehow

resp on sib le. This st ory in volves a
t reasure hun t , in t rigue an d
m urder, an d youn g Nat han m ust
keep his head or he m ay just lose
his lif e.

I n f orm at ion :

Tit le: The Ghost Can oe

Aut hor: Hob b s, Will

I SBN: I SBN- 13:

978- 0 - 688- 14193- 6
I SBN- 10 : 0 - 688- 14193- 5

Pub lisher: Morrow Jun ior

Books,

Dat e: 1997.

Web sit e:
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Readin g Level: ATOS: 5

.9; Readin g Coun t s: 5.5; Lexile:

90 0 .

I n t erest Level: Teen s.

(Follet t Tit lew ave recom m en ds
t his f or grades 5- 8,) I b elieve
t hat t his is m uch t oo low . I
t hin k it ' s m uch m ore
ap p rop riat e f or grades 7- 12.
Order Lin k
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A Port rait of Nat han

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"A Good Book "

FromA Parents Point

X X X X X 5/ 5 st ars
First of f , t his review w ill b e
som ew hat b iased as Mr. Hob b s
w as a t eacher of m in e t hree
years in a row . I f t he love of
readin g is a f ire, Mr Hob b s is t he
sp ark. He kin dled t he desire t o
read in coun t less children
durin g his years as a t eacher,
p art ly b ecause he kn ew us so
w ell, an d t hat is w hat m akes him
such a t errif ic aut hor in his
curren t w ork- he kn ow s w hat
w ill get kids t o read an d keep
t hem readin g. My children b ot h
read his b ooks, an d I read m ost
everyt hin g t hat t hey read, just
t o st ay in t ouch w it h w hat t hey
are doin g. I act ually en joy
readin g Mr. Hob b s' b ooks as
m uch as t hey do, t he charact ers
are real, t he exp erien ces are
f resh, an d t he st ories are
en ough t o m ake m e dream of
m y ow n yout h. I recen t ly m oved
t o t he Seat t le area, an d have
exp lored t he area in w hich
Ghost Can oe is set . Mr. Hob b s
has don e a m arvelous job of
cap t urin g t he m ood an d
m yst ery of t his b eaut if ul corn er
of our w orld. His p ort rayl of t he
Macaw t rib e is t rue t o lif e (as it
w as) an d help s shed som e light
on t he recen t even t s in t heir
t rib e. That alon e m akes t his
b ook a great read f or just ab out
an y p ret een .

Worst Review

X _ _ _ _ 1/ 5 St ars
This b ook is ab out a lam e kid,
Nat han , w ho t hin ks he sm art ,
b ut he is n ot . Af t er a b orin g f irst
chap t er, t he b ook goes b ad f ast .
Will Hob b s should t ry t o do
som et hin g he is good at .
Sheesh!

AnneFrank
A st ory of a youn g girl b y An n e
Fran k ? ? ? ? 4/ 5
A t ruly am azin g cap t ure, of a
girls lif e. Filled w it h rom an ce,
lif e, an d deat h.
An n e Fran k is n eat ly 16 t een an d
is in hidin g. Wit h t he Nazis on
w ay, it is im p ort an t f or her t o
live, t o adult hood. Assault ed b y
hat red, The Fran ks go in t o
hidin g, alon g w it h t he Van
Dan n s. The Diary of a Youn g Girl
is a b ook of t he w rit in gs f rom
t he Dut ch lan guage diary kep t
b y An n e Fran k w hile she w as in
hidin g f or t w o years w it h her
f am ily durin g t he Nazi
occup at ion of t he
Net herlan ds.An n e is f allin g in
love w it h Pet er, b ut her relat ion
ship w ill n ever b e com p let e, t he
Nazis are com in g.

St on es in Wat er b y Don n a Jo Nap oli ? ? ? ? ? 5/ 5

St on es in Wat er is a w on derf ul, hist orical f ict ion , n ovel b y Don n a Jo
Nap oli. I n t his b ook t he m ain charact er is Rob ert o, an d his f rien d
Sam uel. Taken t o a f orced lab or cam p , af t er w at chin g an Am erican
m ovie, he is sen t t o t he w rat h of t he Nazis. Rob ert o an d his f rien d Sam uel
are m oved t o t he Ukrain e an d have t o guard on e of t he m ost secret of
secret s b et w een t hem , Sam uel is a Jew ish b oy.
When Rob ert o escap es out of t he cam p his journ ey hom e b egin s. He m ust
b at t le rough t errain an d harsh w eat her as w ell as Nazi soldiers st orm in g
cit ies t o get b ack hom e t o t hose he loves. Wit h En zo dead f rom t he cold
Rob ert o t hin ks he has n ot hin g t o lose an ym ore. While t ravelin g t hrough
Russia t ryin g t o get t o t he Medit erran ean Sea, t ricks Sam uel gave him ,
an d t ries t o survive in t his deadly cold.

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For Your Kids

Inspire
There are p eop le in your lif e
w hom you un kn ow in gly in sp ire
sim p ly b y b ein g you.
This is f rom a p ow er sp eech b y
Theodore Roosevelt , t hat you
should t ell your children
"I t is n ot t he crit ic w ho coun t s;
n ot t he m an w ho p oin t s out
how t he st ron g m an st um b les,
or w here t he doer of deeds could
have don e t hem b et t er.
The credit b elon gs t o t he m an
w ho is act ually in t he aren a,
w hose f ace is m arred b y dust
an d sw eat an d b lood; w ho
st rives valian t ly; w ho errs, w ho

com es short again an d again ,

b ecause t here is n o ef f ort
w it hout error an d short com in g;
b ut w ho does act ually st rive t o
do t he deeds; w ho kn ow s great
en t husiasm s, t he great
devot ion s; w ho sp en ds him self
in a w ort hy cause; w ho at t he
b est kn ow s in t he en d t he
t rium p h of high achievem en t ,
an d w ho at t he w orst , if he f ails,
at least f ails w hile darin g
great ly, so t hat his p lace shall
n ever b e w it h t hose cold an d
t im id souls w ho n eit her kn ow
vict ory n or def eat ."

Set your ow n childs lif e t o f un ,

t each t hem t o draw w it h t hese
sim p le guides. - - >

1. Have you chi l d

st ep
i nt o
wet
pai nt .
2.
Have
your
chi l d pr ess hi s
or her f oot on a
pi ece
of
car d
st ack.
Let t hi s dr y f or
an hour .
3.
Si mpl y
have
your chi l d col or ,
and or cut
out
shapes t o pl ace
ar ound t he f oot
pr i nt t o make i t
l ook
l i ke
a
r ocket .
Her e' s
mi ne
f r om
ki nder gar den. And
ot her s
to
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