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Dogsong

Dogsong

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Boy takes journey to the top
Review: Dogsong is about a teenage kid that goes on a journey. The story takes place somewhere between the middle and the top of Canada and is about survival. He goes on the journey, so he can finally be considerd an adult in his village. He learns how to hunt, and how to make use all of the animals he hunts. In this book, he meets a girl, who becomes his friend. I really liked this book because it makes you think about what it would be like if you were in this situation. I also liked it because it was very enjoyable to read. For some reason, it reminds me of Lassie. I think Dogsong is better though.

I suggest you try reading it, it's great! In comparison to some other great books, Dogsong is as good as the Harry Potter books. I think Dogsong is not as good as The Giver, but much better than The Time Machine. So I really liked this book, and I don't know about anybody else that doesn't like it, or has read it. Once again, I am asking that you at least try Dogsong out if you have not read it at all. Also, if you haven't tried out any other of the books I compared Dogsong with, you should try them to.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent, but portrays harsh conditions
Review: Dogsong is a Newberry Award winning novel about an Inuit boy who needs to discover his "song" or who he is. Russell lives in a small winter village and learns the old ways from Oogruk, a blind elder. Oogruk teaches Russell to hunt and to guide the dogs to travel. When it is Oogruk's time to stay on the ice, it is also Russell's time to take his journey and discover his song.

Along the way, a dream is interwoven with Russell's life. Life includes a hunt as does the dream, and both versions include death. In the dream, it is the death of the hunter's family and his dogs; in the dream it is the premature baby of an Inuit girl.

Although the story is beautiful and inspiring, I don't recommend it for a child who has a hard time hearing of the death of other children, no matter that most of the deaths were during the Stone Age. I read this out loud to my daughter and that night she awakened crying during the night. I had been unable to skim over the deaths of the children, but softened the blow for her by skimming over the dog deaths. This might be more appropriate for young teens than for pre-teens.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The wonderous adventures of Dogsong
Review: It will make you hang on to your seat with suspense! This book is about a boy named Russel that sets out to find his own song. During his adventure, he finds more than he bargained for. It will also show you how dangerous an adventure or life can be. You should read this marvelous book.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Adam's Review
Review: Gary Paulsen has wrote so many great, interesting books and this book, "Dogsong", just adds to the collection. This is a story of a boy named Russel Suskitt that is an eskimo who wants to find his inner-self and get away from his normal, boring way of life. Russel goes and speaks to a elder man, but very clever, named Oogruk. He tells Russel about the way life was when men made their living and how they made personal songs of life. Oogruk teaches him how to hunt, how to find his inner-self, and to make his own song of life. So Russel decides to make his own song of life by going on an adventure that would risk his life. Russel gathers some dogs and gets a dogsled together and starts out for the biggest adventure of his life. Along the way he has to sled through mountains, icy terrains, and even rivers. He also met up with a polar bear. In addition, during his trip he also helped rescue an eskimo woman that was pregnant. Oogruk's teaching came to use when Russel had to hunt for his food out in the wild. Russel had a great time on this adventure being away from the village and finding his inner-self. He also built a friendship with the dogs that was very important for this young man out in the great wild. This adventure helped Russel find his inner-self and make his own song of life.

This book is very exciting filled with adventure, hunting, and tips for being in the wilderness. I enjoyed this book alot and gave it four out of five stars. If you are someone who does not like adventure and reading about the great outdoors then this book is not for you. I do really recommend it to anyone that likes adventure and reading about the wilderness.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Dogsong
Review: Dogsong
The book is about living in Eskimo in modern world. I like this book, because this book tells me about how to haunt animals in a natural way. A boy name Russell, he learn from Oogruk, his father friend, on how to haunt caribou, seal, birds in which the meat used for food everyday. He also learns that there are songs for everything. One other thing that Russell has to work on is to trust with the dogs. The dogs have a special instinct that tells Russell where he should go in order to discover the northern land. If you want to see what will happen next, you have to read. I encourage to all readers to read this amazing book so that you know that there are another life out there, instead of TV.

My opinion about this book is that I could know how hard to live in an Eskimo land is. I don't know that there are songs for everything. True or not, don't ask me. Never the less, this book does teach us something.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good book!
Review: (...)This book is about a fourteen year old boy named Russel Suskitt. This book takes place in a modern Eskimo settlement and Russel lives with his father. Russel feels that he is missing something so he goes to visit a wise old eskimo named Oogruk. Oogruk tells Russel of the old times and teaches him how to hunt, find his inner-self, and to make his own song of life. After he Oogruk had told him to make his own song of life, he decided to make one by going on the greatest adventure of his life. Russel used Oogruk's dogs and his sled to go on his adventure. On the way, Russel finds an eskimo pregnant woman in the snow. He must find a hospital before she dies.

This book was fun to read because it was very exciting, filled with adventure,talked about hunting, and this book also had great tips for being in the wilderness. Whenever I finish reading this chapter it makes me want to think what will happen next. I also enjoyed reading this book because the author told things in such a descriptive way, "The coughing came from Outside, came from the tobacco which came from Outside and Russel hated it." Like many of Gary's other books this book tells great information on surviving in the wild. Even though I thought that Hatchet was a better book than this, I still enjoyed it very much.

This book has some weaknesses as well as strengths. This book sometimes did not tell enough information for me to understand. I also wondered why Oogruk would want to kill himself by leaving himself in the cold. I would not recommend this book to children hearing the death of other children. This book will probably be best for teens and young teens.

My favorite part of the book is when Russel decides to go on the adventure. It tells of him finding his inner-self and he makes a song also. On the way he also finds a young pregnant eskimo girl that was in one of Russels dreams. He determined to save her before she freezes to death. You must read this action-packed book if you want to know what happens next.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent, but portrays harsh conditions
Review: Dogsong is a Newberry Award winning novel about an Inuit boy who needs to discover his "song" or who he is. Russell lives in a small winter village and learns the old ways from Oogruk, a blind elder. Oogruk teaches Russell to hunt and to guide the dogs to travel. When it is Oogruk's time to stay on the ice, it is also Russell's time to take his journey and discover his song.

Along the way, a dream is interwoven with Russell's life. Life includes a hunt as does the dream, and both versions include death. In the dream, it is the death of the hunter's family and his dogs; in the dream it is the premature baby of an Inuit girl.

Although the story is beautiful and inspiring, I don't recommend it for a child who has a hard time hearing of the death of other children, no matter that most of the deaths were during the Stone Age. I read this out loud to my daughter and that night she awakened crying during the night. I had been unable to skim over the deaths of the children, but softened the blow for her by skimming over the dog deaths. This might be more appropriate for young teens than for pre-teens.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Exiting Moments Of Dogsong
Review: Please read Dogsong because it is very fun to read this book. This book's setting takes place in Alaska. This kid called Russell had a very old friend that dies. He finds a girl and his song, so please read this book.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The exiting moments of Dogsong
Review: Please read Dogsong because its fun to read this book. This story or books setting is close to Alaska. This kid called Rusell has a old friend that dies. He finds a girl and his song, so please buy and read this book.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: I didn't like this book at all!!!!!!
Review: Before I start, I would just like to point out that I did not want to read this book; it was an assignment-not my choice! From my perspective I thought all this book was about was killing animals, eating raw meat, and sleeping. what happened in this story was this: This boy,Russel,lives in an Alaskan village, and one day he moves in with an older and wiser man called Oogruk. Another reason I dispise this book is the vocabulary the author uses; it was very hard for me to understand and get into this book for that reason. So, when Russel moves in, Oogruk thinks it's Russel's time to become a man-Bla Bla Bla!!! So he tells Russel to take his dogs and travel in the direction of north, which will help him become a man. During this part in the book I started getting grossed out by the details of how Russel kills and disects his food; my mom never believed me about how gross this book was until she read just ONE PARAGRAPH and that was enough for her. I had to read this book as a book report book and I was not impressed!! On Russel's journey he has dreams which are confusing and he finds a lady who is pregnant and is about to die! I would have to say that was probably the most exciting part.


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