Gentle Ben

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Summary: Suspenseful Page-Turner!
Review: Gentle Ben is a timeless classic about a boy and his... uh... bear! A wonderful, feel-good page turner that effortlessly sweeps you up into the wonderful world of Alaska with its majestic (and fearsome) Brownie bears! After only a few pages you grow to love Ben and Mark, and the constant threats on Ben's life by game hunters, townsfolk, and others keep you turning pages late into the night!

By the way, I am quite a slow reader. I read this book in 1.5 days.

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Summary: One of the best
Review: I have read a lot of books, and Gentle Ben is one of my favorites. There are a lot of books that have a story somewhat like this one, but this one stuck out. It is a good story about a kid named Mark and his pet bear named Ben. It may seem weird to have a pet bear, but this story takes place in an Alaskan fishing city. His dad makes a living by fishing salmon every year on a boat called the "Far North". Mark saves the bear from his evil neighbor, who keeps him chained up with little food and no outside light. The bear isn't accepted by the community, so Mark has to get rid of him. By reading this book, you will find out how Mark and Ben accomplish being together. It is a wonderful story about a boy and his pet.

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Summary: Tame? (Gentle Ben)
Review: I love this book! I have read 7 books but I only liked 2. And this is one of them. This book is a great book for 4th-7th graders. The vocabulary is very hight. The srory brings tears in your eyes but laghfter to your heart!I recomend this book to very parent or child.

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Summary: The Best Book I have ever read.
Review: Imagine yourself as a young, teenage boy with a gigantic 1000-pound grizzly for a pet that might be slaughtered. Gentle Ben by Walt Morey is a fascinating adventure story of a young boy named Mark and a great bear. Mark bought the big bear from Fog Benson, a drunkard. The town folks tell him "Get rid of the bear, or we'll shoot him''. What can Mark do? Read this exciting, glamorous story to find out the fate of this huge but gentle bear. Walt Morey is a great writer and has written Kavik the Wolf Dog and Home is the North and lots of more. This is the best adventure story I have ever read. You got to try Gentle Ben.

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Summary: gentle ben
Review: real good book for kids except when bens mother and brother get killed. pretty sad when ben gets locked up and not feed properly. but feels good when he gets freed .

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Summary: One of the best
Review: The story takes place in Alaska just before the salmon season. In this part of Alaska this is the only time of year the town is full of people. It starts with a boy named Mark Anderson who is secretly hanging around a brown bear that has been chained up and not properly taken care of by a man named Fog Benson. After Marks parents Karl and Ellen find out about this they are angry but eventually they let him buy it from Fog so he can have it for himself. To pay for the bear Mark helps his dad with the fishing later Fog and some men attack Ben and then Ben hurts Fog Benson. This causes the whole town to be scared of Ben and they eventually have to take him and let him free on an island. Karl Anderson and another one of his fishing friends Claywater decide to help deliver the mail by boat to another city while out they get caught in a storm and Claywater dies. There boat is also destroyed. Since they don't have a boat anymore Karl Anderson takes a job at a fishing trap on an island where they meet up with Ben and protect him from Fog Benson and his hunting trips. In the end the hunters leave him alone and Ben lives safely on the island waiting for the Andersons to return next fishing season.

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Summary: I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK! Very interesting!
Review: This is a book about a young boy who has a special friendship with an Alaskan Brown Bear named Ben. Ben is not only gentle, but very loving and loyal to his owner, Mark. The author describes Ben so well that it sounds real. This is the most interesting book I've ever read. Brendan Parra, Nazareth School, 5th grade.