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Summary: Caddie Woodlawn
Review: Caddie Woodlawn is a true story. Caddie lives in Wisconsin, during the Civil War. Caddie is a tomboy. She constantly tries to outdo her brother, Warren and Tom. She is friends with Indian John. Her real name is Caroline Augusta. But only the circuit rider bothers to remember that! Caddie is a real adventurer, and goes on many adventures. Read this amazing book!
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Summary: Boring
Review: I am a fifth grade boy. I did not like this book. It was boring. It was too long and the book had too many events mostly about girls.
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Summary: Great!
Review: This was a great book abou a girl that did not act like she was expectted to (lady like) ran with the boys and had a great time. I loved it.
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Summary: Caddie Woodlawn is great!
Review: Caddie Woodlawn is a hyper pre-teen, 10, who is a tom-boy and loves to do unlady-like things. The great and unbeilievable thing about this book is true. Normally the girls back then were very proper. This is a great book and i highly encourage people to read it.
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Summary: Tomboy Caddie
Review: Caddie Woodlawn is a spectacular book. Caddie Woodlawn was the dream of her father and the dread of her mother. She was a tomboy who played with her bothers and helped her father mend clocks. She's also friends with the Indians that live across the river. When Uncle Edmund comes, he picks Caddie to come hunting with him because she is good at spotting things. When her family gets news that the Indians are going to massacre, all of the neighbors come to stay at the Woodlawn's house. Caddie over hears some of the neighbor men saying that they are going to attack before the Indians do, so Caddie gets on one of the horses and goes off to tell the Indians to leave. Caddie Woodlawn is a fast paced and exciting book. Read the book to find out if the Indians or the Woodlawn's neighbors ever do attack or massacre.
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Summary: this was my FAVORITE book as a child...
Review: I think I must've read Caddie Woodlawn AT LEAST 20 times when I was a girl. This was absolutely the most spellbinding book of my youth. I highly reccomend this for boys and girls alike! I just bought a copy for my 9 year old nephew and he LOVED it (although he looked a bit skeptical when he first laid eyes on it). I'm going to borrow it from him and re-live my youth!
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Summary: The only book my daughter has ever ASKED to own...
Review: I (Mom) am a reader. My home is filled with books from my childhood and adulthood. I buy books and never get rid of them. My 12 yr old daughter, on the other hand, is NOT a reader. She was assigned this book as a class project and she started it like any other reading assignment - hating every minute of it. Once she opened the book and began to explore it, the story, the uniqueness of the main character, and the way in which the story was written caused the book to be so wonderful for my daughter that she couldn't put it down. She is actually considering reading another book - and it MUST be about Caddie! Thank you, Carol Brink, for showing my daughter the wonder of reading! You have done what no other author has been able to do for my daughter - open the magical world of written lore - stimulating her imagination and ensuring a lifetime of pleasure.
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Summary: 1936 John Newbery Medal winner, a so-so novel.
Review: Set in 1864 in the woods of western Wisconsin, Caroline Augusta Woodlawn's story as set forth in the novel is based largely on facts known about the real Caddie Woodlawn. An 11-year-old tomboy, Caddie always manages to get herself out of the scrapes she gets into; she rides alone at night to warn her Indian friends of an attack planned by white settlers; she takes apart the Circuit Rider's clock, etc. She is close with all her siblings ecxept for sister Clara. Tom, Warren, Hetty (Henrietta), Minnie and Little Joe and her parents, John and Harriet, are loving and close-knit as a family can be, and they are happy to be forging a new life in the wilderness--with the exception of Mother and Clara, the eldest, who miss Boston society, fashion and gossip since they left their old home in the East. Father is English and at story's end must decide whether to return to England to claim his fortune, land and title or to remain in America as farmers.There are certainly Caddie-fans out there! Personally, I found this book only mildly interesting, but I do advocate most any story that gets children to read--and interested in reading more books. In my opinion, historical fiction is preferable to stories without a basis in fact, so "Caddie Woodlawn" is a good book to start with for kids ages 9-12 who have some curiosity about America's past.
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Summary: Exotic!
Review: I first thought the book looked amusing and it was. I liked this book after the first chapter. It started out with much information, then it built with a lot of action. This is a story about a young girl who had gotton sick when she was a child. She was made to play with the boys and become like a boy. My favorite part was when Caddie set off to tell her Indian friends to go away for a while or they would get hurt. It is a very climatic part in the book. I liked the ending of this book because it leaves you to wonder. It makes you think, "What happened after that?"
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Summary: Caddie Woodlawn
Review: I had to read this book this summer and believe me, I wasn't thrilled. But when I was done with "Caddie Woodlawn" I had to pick up "Magical Melons" right away. This is a really awesome book. Those who love Laura Ingalls Wilder's works will love this as well. Caddie Woodlawn is a twelve year old tomboy living in western Wisconsin during the Civil War. Her large family is always around to provide entertainment and adventure. Caddie, who is afraid of being a lady, gets into as many spills as her brothers. She nearly drowns on a raft, discovers secrets about her father's childhood, plays mean tricks on her city-girl cousin, saves her town from an Indian threat, and manages to make new friends and learn truths about herself in the process. If you love close enough, I would recommend visiting "Caddie Woodlawn Country" near Durand, WI. See Caddie's real house, not a replica, and other things from the book. Be sure to check out this book as it is a great historical true story for any age!
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