The Transall Saga

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Summary: Transall Saga
Review: Gary Paulsen shows his style of writing in this must read book. I've read books that don't make any sense at all but this one is an awesome book. It is about Mark who gets sent to a different planet by a mysterious blue light. Along the way back to his own time Mark finds out that people aren't the way they seem. Gary Paulsen is a excellent writer when it comes to this. I would recommend this book to readers who are interested in mysteries of the outside world. Any one who reads this book would love it instantly. I've read this book about three times and I still find suprises along the way. The book does have some goar, but it is a book that needs to be read. I've been assigned this book in fifth grade and I still can't stop and take a day to read it. Gary Paulsen just has a way to capture the reader and take them into the book. Honestly, this book is a great pick for a school project or just a reading material. Take my word on it. Read this book!

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Summary: The Transall Saga a great adventure
Review: Gary Paulsen takes you on an exciting adventure to a new world in The Transall Saga. Mark, the main character, is on a hiking trip through the desert when suddenly he finds himself transported by a blue tube of light to some primitive world. This new world is like nothing he's ever seen. He must use his skills to survive. As he travels through this magnificent world, he discovers his own startling powers. This book is packed with adventure through its 56 chapters and 248 pages. I've read this book three times and each time, I've learned something new. This is the kind of book you won't want to put it down.

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Summary: Highly Recommended by Middle School Teacher
Review: I am a teacher, and try to read most books that we have in our school library for children and teens. I'd have to characterize this story as a man-against-nature adventure-fantasy science-fiction coming-of-age novel. It was one of the best books I've read this year. The book is a real page-turner. I couldn't put it down, and read the whole thing in a day (I'm a fast reader).

It is the story of a young teen-aged boy who gets transported into another world, which we later find out is actually the Earth, in a future time. He first has to learn how to survive on the new planet, and then he eventually comes in contact with several new groups of people, who are all at war with each other. He survives slavery, to become free, and a warrior, while all the time searching for the blue light that will take him home. After a number of years, he gives up, deciding to make his life in the new world. Unfortunately, the ruler of that world, who also came from Mark's time, is his deadly enemy. This is a fascinating book with a little of something for everyone--and also manages to have nothing inappropriate for children or teens. I recommend this book for mature 11-year-olds, all the way up to adult. I loved it myself!

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Summary: One of the best books I have ever read
Review: I read this book in about 8th grade for a book report. I read this book in two sittings because I couldn't let it go. It was one of the most amazing thing on paper I have read. They should make it into a movie when they have better special effects for cheaper costs. If they did, the movie wouldn't make much money because it would be an expensive movie with all the makeup and special effect and the land. Wait, this'll make a good video game! Kinda like the LOTR games. Well... read it!

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Summary: Good begining...
Review: I thought this book was a great survival story. It had sudden twists to the end of it. It always had you guessing what he was talking about. When I read this book I disliked reading entirely. This actually brought hope to me. It has such good detail you can practically visualize what the author is talking about. How he killed the massive creature or how he destroyed the evil enemy at the end. This book made you wonder what really was this "dimensional portal" linked too. A new world, another dimension, universe, the past, or even the future? You didn't know how Mark was going to survive in the jungle. He had to scavenger and make friends out of nowhere. A unexplored and unfamiliar world to him. This was actually a great, exciting, and an awesome thriller in my opinion. Until later in the story you realize this is the future not the past or another world. And the supreme king of the "future" Earth is a escaped convict from the 1960's who found the portal in a canyon and unknowingly went inside it because he knew he was going to be captured at any second from the man hunt being held in the state. Since he knew about the advanced technology in the past compared to the present in the "future" he ruled quickly and swiftly. No one knew where he came from but Mark found out what truely happened and how he came to rise in power. He was sort of a communist not letting other people discover those technologies to improve their weapons to create a rebellion against his rule. Not knowing what had happened in the past he still tries to slay the prisoner, knowing that he'll help the people in the present time. In my conclusion to this book I believed it was one of Paulsen's greatest masterpieces of writing. I've read The Hatchet and it compares greatly to this book. It has the same concept and I rate The Transall Sage a 5/5 *Stars* Great book! I recommend this to anyone who loves to read adventure books.

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Summary: The TRANSALL SAGA review
Review: Noone has ever been in to the future but the author, Gary Pausen, makes it seem so real. The book, THE TRANSALL SAGA, is based around thriteen-year-old Mark HArrison. Mark begins his journey in a desert hiking and sees a blue light. He walks towards it. Suddenly, he blacks out. He awakes to be on what appears to be another planet. THE TRANSALL SAGA is all about survival of the fitest.
Mark is a relatively calm and cool character. I mean, who can survive in a world that they knows nothing about with the clothes on his black and a pocketknife. All his life, Mark has wanted to saomething like this. Know he is forced to. Through out his journey, Mark makes loyal friends and dreaded enemies.
Mark soon learns the dangers of the new world . The first thing that attacks him is a buffalo like creture. He learns about the scorpion things when he layes on top of a colony. In the jungle, there is always the danger of falling out of a tree while collecting food. There is the chilling howl of the Howling Thing which he hears every night before he flls asleep.
One day while on a scouting trip, he finds an arrow. That means there are other humans in the area. Mark is torn with indesicion. Were they savage or helpful? There are many "species" of human on the planet. All of them are kind of savage.
I rate this book highly because the truth is a lot better then what you can think of. This book has sword fights, chases, survival, and suspense all in one. That's why I recamend THE TRANSALL AGA by Gary Paulsen.

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Summary: Transall Saga
Review: The title of the book I read is called Transall Saga, written by Gary Paulsen. I really enjoyed reading this book ultimately, because the whole thrill of the main character's survival on a planet that he just so happened to warp on. Every significant method or strategy Mark uses to survive on this planet mesmerized me and kept me in suspense. I kept asking myself, "What is he going to do next, what is he going to do next?" For the past few years of my life this book has been the only one that has kept my interest. This is a little piece of evidence of the book: When Mark camps out in the canyons he spots a mysterious blue light just over a boulder and falls into it, warping him into another world. As he is unfamiliar with the planet and its surroundings, he uses magnificent methods to survive. As you read more of the book, after he has gone through the warp, you get a sort of feeling that you're at a tropical rain forest because of the imagery. If you enjoy science fiction or your favorite genre is associated with science fiction, then you'll definitely love this book and will find it very intriguing. My name is Peter and I hope all of the viewers out there had taken a look at my review thoroughly and hopefully you will read Transall Saga sometime in the near future.

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Summary: The Transall Saga
Review: The Transall Saga has been one of my all-time favorite books ever since I've read it! It was recommended by an AWSOME good friend of mine and I read it and LOVED it! It's about Mark, a guy heading on a trip across a desert by himself. He gets sucked into a strange blue light and finds himself stuck in another world. He finds himself in a world that is totally different than his own. He has to find out how to survive when he doesn't know how this world works. This book is such an amazing piece of science fiction and it's practically GUARENTEED that you'll LOVE it! So try reading this, PLEASE you'll LOVE it, trust me!!!!

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Summary: The Transall Saga
Review: The Transall Saga is a thrilling book that would appeal to many young adults. The fast pace plot keeps your thoughts in the book even when you are not reading. It makes it very hard to put down. Gary Paulsen is an exceptional author that has captured the minds of many young adult readers through his books of survival and adventure. The Transall Saga is no different. Being one of the first science fiction books Paulsen has written, he has proven he can write just as well in different genres. His vision of the new world in this book is fascinating. He doesn't leave any of the senses untouched as he goes in depth in the setting. Paulsen has a way of bonding the reader and the character. Mark, the main character, must adapt to a strange new world and survive long enough to find a way back home. But as the reader, you feel frustrated and start to loose hope along with Mark. On many accounts my heart was working up a sweat as Mark ran or was threatened for life. Overall, I thought this was a great book for young adults or simply a quick read some of the more advanced readers. Either way, the book will catch you, and Mark's adventure to find a way back home will keep you reading. Then, you can find out for yourself if the ruler of the new world will give Mark the secrets he needs and still allow him to keep his life. The theme that we should all adapt to change is something that we could all use. If this is your first Gary Paulsen book, your in for a treat. Hopefully, it will open you up to more of his pieces.

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Summary: the greatest survival book of all time!!!!!!!
Review: This book is about Mark a 13 year old boy who is sitting on his porch in the middle of the desert when all of a sudden a asteroid type thing falls and it makes a blue light stretching from the ground into the sky. He walks up to it and he hears a rattle, a ratttle snake he felt a peircing in his leg and he fell into the light.......... From there on his life would never be the same. He notices hes not on earth anymore there was a pale yellow sky with trees with red leaves. The first creature he meets up with are these strange monkey bear type things. He meets up with lots of different creatures. And somewhat human looking people. Whatever world hes on the people live by desroying. Tribes hunt tribes. There is nothing but war.There is lots of different twists in this book to find them out read this book. Its definatly Gary Paulsens most entertaining and adventerous book and simply one of the best books ive read