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Summary: The Great Turkey Walk
Review: After completing third grade for the fourth time, Simon Green is finished with school. Now he has to find a way to make a living. He comes up with an unbelievable plan to make a fortune. He's going to herd a flock of one thousand turkeys from Missouri to Denver where the price of turkeys is a whopping $5 each. Along with a drover and a couple of companions he picks up along the way, Simon has an amazing trip through the old West meeting with runaway slaves and educated Indians, and being chased by his pa whom he first meets along the way. Reading this aloud to my sixth grade class, the sense of humor was a bit above many of them, but they thoroughly enjoyed the book.
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Summary: The Great Turkey Walk
Review: I belive that The Great Turkey Walk was an average book. It was fun to read, but also, a little on the easy side. It was a good book, but didn't offer a challenge to the reader. On the good side, it has a really great storyline with a lot of little twists. Parts of the story where you think the Turkeys are safe, you may want to think twice. It is also fun to watch how the main character grows up. He starts out very slow, but as the story progresses, he starts to mature more and more, being able to make all the choices on his own before the story is done. All in all i think it is a good reading experience and that people will not regret reading it. Not to metion it starts out fast, and ends that way.
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Summary: Dull characters hide behind worldly theme
Review: I liked this book because it was suspensful and funny! What is really cool is that there were turkey walks in the 1800s by people who wanted to make money! So this story has a little bit of fact in it too. The book has a lot of action and Simon with his crew share many new events together! I recommend this book.
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Summary: A fun read
Review: I'm really surprised at all the negative opinions of this book. I just finished reading this to my 3 younger children and we all very much enjoyed it. I read it aloud with a southern drawl and had great fun bringing Simon Green, Bridwell Peece, Jabeth, and Lizzie alive. Give this book a chance. I'm very glad we did and I'd read it again in a heartbeat.
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Summary: Promising start but too annoying to finish
Review: My family listened to this as a book on tape for a long drive (I'm the dad). The book started out with a cute premise and was engaging for about 150 miles. The narration was excellent. But then the book became way too politically correct and historically lame. The language especially dated the book to the 1990s instead of the 1860s when the story was supposed to take place. Aren't we past treating Native Americans as Noble Savages? Would people of this era use the expression, "the bottom line"? By 200 miles it was too annoying to listen any more. Book editors are supposed to help authors fix problems like these. Someone didn't do their job. I cannot recommend this book. Try "Old Yeller" instead.
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Summary: Promising start but too annoying to finish
Review: My family listened to this as a book on tape for a long drive (I'm the dad). The book started out with a cute premise and was engaging for about 150 miles. The narration was excellent. But then the book became way too politically correct and historically lame. The language especially dated the book to the 1990s instead of the 1860s when the story was supposed to take place. Aren't we past treating Native Americans as Noble Savages? Would people of this era use the expression, "the bottom line"? By 200 miles it was too annoying to listen any more. Book editors are supposed to help authors fix problems like these. Someone didn't do their job. I cannot recommend this book. Try "Old Yeller" instead.
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Summary: simplicity
Review: Simon, the main character of this book, for being known as a birdbrain, solves his problems with a reasonable approach. Throughout the book, Simon runs into many conflicts and works through to problem solve. The problems that Simon and his companions run into, are simple and don??t need much thought for the characters or the reader. The time period and setting in this is very interesting because it??s not modern time but in the 1800??s. Turkey walks and sales for them actually existed in those days and it was amusing to read about what it would be like to be in that time of the history. Other than reading with interest in the lifestyle back in that time period, and the enjoyment of an entertaining story, nothing pulled me and kept me interested in this book.
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Summary: The great turkey walk
Review: The Great Turkey Walk is one of those Rudy like stories where a person who no one believes goes out and does something no one thinks he could have done. The main character Simon is not very smart, after his 3rd time through kindergarten his teacher "graduates" him and tells him its time to do something with his life. So he comes up with an idea to buy a flock turkeys for cheap then walk them across the country to sell for a higher price in Denver. Along the way he'll experience many hardships and befriend a wide range of people. I found this book to be a very interesting and enjoyable read. The book is a little childish but still fun to read.
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Summary: We loved it!
Review: We loved this book and book on tape! Our family and neighbors wanted to hear the story also. We just couldn't wait to find out what would happen next. This story, although seemingly simple, was filled not only with a lot of adventure, but also was packed with life lessons. We give this story an A+!!
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