The Clan of the Cave Bear

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Summary: Unbelievable!!
Review: I'm only 11, so my opinion may not count much, but this was a really good series! The story of a person going through so much and yet still surviving is one worth the effort (although it didn't take me long to read the series). Even if they were printed before I was born, it seems like an eternity for the next book to come out. What's the deal? Oh well, I'll comfort myself with the other four.

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Summary: Really good
Review: I thought this book was a good book. I like it alot. I have read the other three books. They are good as well. I hope Jean does write the fifth book in this series. I would like that and I bet a lot of other people would as well.

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Summary: very exiting series
Review: I read those books, few years back and i'm still thinking about them, i would love to have another book that would continue the story. I miss the caracters. Is there ever going to be another book??????????????????????

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Summary: A wonderful story of early man.
Review: I was introduced to this book this summer by my aunt. She recommended it as one of her favourites. So, I decided to give it a try. I found the beginning a little slow moving. Once I got into it I couldn't put it down. The story is starts at the begging of man and is based on the evolution of man. Ayla, the main character is left to die because her clan was killed in an earthquake. She is adopted by a passing clan and brought to live with them. The story deals with her acceptance into a very different community. She is cast as an outcast from her clan because she is different. In fact she is one step above them on the evolution scale. In the end she is exiled from the only family she has ever known and goes on to search for people like her. I enjoyed this book alot,especially learning about different plants and their many uses. Jean M. Auel wrote a wonderful book and I can't wait to read the rest of the series.

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Summary: Great Story For Children And Adults Alike!
Review: When I read the book, "The Clan of the Cave Bear", I was stunned. I couldn't believe that someone could create a type of novel that touched me that much. Ayla is the most astounding character in the novel. She learns lessons in that book that should have taken more than a life time to understand. When she was found by the Clan she was near death. Iza healed her and treated her like her own, like part of her blood line. Ayls was not understood by most of the clan but she was loved by most of the clan and she was respected. When she took the sling that she found on the ground and learned how to use it took great courage. When she was cursed with death for using the sling to save a childs life I thought it was unfair, but it was the way of the clan. I couldn't believe that she could survived through the winter in that little cave she had found to practice her sling throwing. It took great knowledge and courage to survive on her own. Broud also affected Ayla in a way that she would never forget. The constant raping when she bacame a woman got her pregnant. When the baby was born she almost died giving birth to the part of the Clan and part of the Others. Everyone thought the child was retarted. The child was supposed to die. It was not allowed to live. But Ayla being so strong decided to fight the system. She was also allowed to hunt because of her strong will to become what her totem wanted her to be. I look forward to see if I will be as fearless and determined as Ayla.

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Summary: The best series of books out there
Review: This book is if not the best then it's up there in the top five, along with the other 3 she has written. The story of a young women struggling to grow up and live in a world that doesn't accept her can be related to each of us and will be a book you remember for the rest of your life. The writing is fantastic and you are swept away into a world of prehistoric man that you won't want to come back from. The only problem is when you finish all 4 of her books you are on edge waiting for her to finish the next one. Earth's Children should be the set of books every person has and you will reread it many a time.

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Summary: I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to the next
Review: I have been able to read at a very high level since sixth grade, and finally have found an author that I can read and still feel confident that I am reading at my level. It is very great that it is long because the length is equal to the amount of time that I will be comforted, for reading is the only thing that truly comforts me.

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Summary: CAPTIVATING, FANTASTIC AND IMAGINATIVE
Review: THIS SERIES IS THE BEST READING I HAVE EVER DONE- WHEN OH WHEN OH WHEN WILL WE GET THE NEXT BOOK... ?????????????????please Jean Auel

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Summary: The best book/series I've ever read!!
Review: The Earth's Childrend Series, especially The Clan of The Cave Bear is the most awesome tale of the struggle for survival. It is easily the best book I've ever read, by far. I can't seem to put it down whenever I read it, and I've read the series 3 or 4 times by now. I have to say Ayla is my hero. The first time I read the book, I was 12, now ten years later I am in the middle of it once again. Auel captures your heart with the struggles, loves, and losses Ayla has to go through, throughout her life. I just wish Auel would finish the last book; she has left us all hanging.

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Summary: THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!! IT IS SO ABSOLUTLY GREAT!
Review: I STARTED TO READ CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR AT THE END OF JUNE OF THIS YEAR. I WAS DONE WITH ALL FOUR OF THE BOOKS IN THE SERIES IN ONE MONTH!!! I COULDN'T PUT THEM DOWN. THEY SWEEP YOU UP INTO A UNFORGETABLE JOURNEY THAT YOU WILL THINK OF FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. YOU WISH YOU WERE THERE RIGHT BESIDE AYLA. YOU LAUGH, YOU CRY, YOU DO IT ALL. I STRONGLY SUGGEST READING THE WHOLE SERIES, AND I WANT THE 5TH BOOK !!! I'M DYING FOR IT!!!!!!!!!