The Transall Saga

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Summary: WINNER
Review: This book is about a boy that's on a solo camping trip. When he sees a blue light, he walks to it. Then a rattlesnake bites him,and he falls back into the light. Then he finds himself in what seems to be another time on another planet. Now he must survive and find the blue light again in a world that he has no clue about. On his quest, he lerns some shocking things about earth.
When I read the Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen , I just could not put it down. I thought it was so cool. I read it in one day--that's 248 pages! If you like books that have adventure, I think you will like this book. I think this was the coolest book I ever read.

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Summary: It's a Saga if you dont buys this Saga
Review: Gary Paulsen's action/adventure book, Transall Saga is a book that would actually want you to go to the book store to get it; I know that's sounds like a lot to some of you but I guarantee that you will understand after you read this review. It's not like most books that look good at the book store but when you start reading it, you can't lift your hand to turn the page it is so boring. Mark is the main character in the story and he is a die hard camper. He decides to go out camping in the desert one time all by himself. No he doesn't get eaten by a bear or anything scary like that, he gets sucked into a light that's takes him to the place he knows as Transall. Gary makes the scenery so real and vivid in the book that u actually look around to make sure that there are no monkey-bears around. The farther you get in the story the more you see mark develop, he starts to understand that he could be in Transall a while, so he starts to in a way grow up. As the books goes on Mark finds primitive people, he is glad he found people but he is still stuck on trying to find the light he came in on. Through Paulsen's writing style you get more familiar with all of the characters and terrain because there is not too much dialogue to slow it down. I think that anyone would enjoy this book and I really recommend this book to people who would rather sit there annoying themselves by saying "I'm bored," 364 times before finally getting something to eat( Don't think I don't know how you people work, because I do.)

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Summary: Misterious place
Review: I have read alot of Gary Paulsen's books and he writes some good books. But Transall Saga was amazing with all of the adventurous action that took place in this book. I thought the book was a really good read because it explains in gret amount of deatail on how he survives in this new world and how he encounters new civilations and new creatures that he has to get alonge with in order to make it out. I thought this book was great and I would reacomend it to anyone.

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Summary: I Would Definitely Recommend This Book
Review: I would recommend this book to people that are becoming young adults. In this book Mark, the main character, is on a trip in the Magruder Missile Range all by himself. He is there because he likes the outdoors and is trying to find his inner self. He finds himself and many other people along the way. After being sent to an unknown place, he must adapt to his new surroundings, and fulfill the 3 basic needs (food, shelter, clothing). He ends up staying in this 'world' for quite a while. He ends up having some really good friends and quite a few enemies a couple in which he ends up killing. I really enjoyed reading this book even though the ending kind of leaves you hanging. I would definitely recommend this book.

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Summary: One of Paulsen's Best
Review: I couldn't believe this book when I read it. I don't really read much at all, but I read some of this guy's books a long time ago and someone recommended it to me. At first, I didn't really want to read it because it was 250 pages long, but I read it anyway and hoped for the best. And, you know what, it probably was. It's about some guy named Mark camping in a desert trying to survive when suddenly a blue beam of light transports him to what appears to be another time on another world. He adapts and meets tribes of other people and so on.
I would definently have to reccomended it.

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Summary: Certainly not a typical children's/YA book, but cool!
Review: This is a non-humourous book by Gary Paulsen, which seems to be an exception to most of his other books. It's very dramatic and I loved it when I read it the first time. Certain parts of it remind me of the Lord of the Rings books, especially toward the end of the book. It has a creepy conclusion too, a world destroyed by disease and then rebuilt from the ashes.
Trevor

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Summary: Transall Saga Review
Review: There's no place like home. Thirteen year-old Mark finds this out once he enters a new world called Transall, where everything is a shade of red. While camping in the Arizona desert, a blue light transports Mark to Transall, a place that looks like a different Earth changed by nuclear war, complete with deformed humans and animals. That's when Mark's struggle to survive and find his way back to present-day Earth begins. It would be very hard finding your own food, water, shelter, and protecting yourself from harmful animals such as buffalo creatures and violent tribes, but Mark does this throughout his journey.
Mark starts out as a regular teenager on a camping trip who turns into a strong survivor by using his knowledge and skills. He lives three years in Transall before finding the blue light again. I often asked myself what I would do in his situation in order to live. At the end, Mark becomes a doctor finding a cure for Ebola. I want to have a career in medicine by helping animals so I could identify with Mark in that way.
This book showed me what it's like to be alone, afraid and having to make it by yourself, but it also showed me how to have courage and never give up. Survival and believing in yourself are themes in The Transall Saga.
I would recommend this book to young people who like science fiction and adventure stories.

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Summary: The best book
Review: The Transall Saga is a really good book. It has a lot of action in it like when Mark is in the woods and a buffalo thing chases him. It also has a lot of suspense in it, for example, when he follows the monkey human things to their tribe. I can relate to this book because he had to build a shelter and I used to do that. I think this book is for kids from 10-16 years old. I liked this book a lot.
Andrew W.

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Summary: The Best Book I Have Read
Review: The book Transall Saga, by Gary Paulsen is intended for teen readers. It takes place on Earth and another mysterious location. It is mainly about Mark, a teenage boy that is mysteriously taken into another world and tries to survive. He finds people, but not exactly like us and fits in. After being a slave he becomes a member of the tribe by his actions. He then makes the shocking discovery of where he is and tries to find a way home.

In my opinion, this is a great book. It has everything in it from drama, to comedy, and survival in the wilderness. I strongly reccomend others to read it. I love the writer's style. It moves along at a good clip, but not too slow or fast. He describes everything well without going into excruciating details.

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Summary: The Transall Saga
Review: Mark's solo camping trip in the desert turns into a terrifying and thrilling adventure when a mysterious blue light transports him to another world. The story place in the 1990's on an abandoned missle range. When Mark decides to make camp for the night, he sees a fiery ball crash into the earth not too far away. When he gets closer to it, it produces a strange pale blue beam of light. But as Mark gets closer he falls into the light. Mark is now in what he thinks is another world. The grass is red and the sky is a hazy yellow. Mark will make many friends and allies on his jurney in this new world. He will also meet many enimies that will test his courage and knowledge. Amoung his friends is a young tribe woman named Leeta, a tribe leader named Dagon, his daughter Megaan, even a white furry Monkeybear named Willie. But Mark has a long list of enimies as well. Amoung them are the Rawhaz a cannibal tribe, the Samatin a desert dwelling tribe. I thought this book was very good and deservs five stars