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Summary: Full of action!
Review: .....the first third is boring, but the rest of it is all action.You'll never find a moment to even take a breath! After I got it in my school library I wanted to buy it!
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Summary: One of the best books ever
Review: Gary Paulsen is probably my favorite author and The Haymeadow is certainly no disappointment in any way. Even though it says the book is intended for young adults, The Haymeadow is a great book for anyone to read. John learns to become a responsible adult and to take care of the sheep herd after getting them to the Wyoming ranch. John must survive a summer alone after not receiving that much instruction on how to take care of the sheep. With little food and hardly any help on managing the herd, it won't be the easiest task in the world to take out. The Haymeadow starts out like most books do, mostly telling background information on what must be done. Once you get to where John is all alone with the herd without any help, The Haymeadow turns into one of the best books of all. John has to survive a major flood, help save an injured dog, all while making sure the sheep are alright. Not to mention a confrontation with a huge bear and a stampede. If you like good adventure/survival books, The Haymeadow will probably be one of the best books you'll ever read. You'll wonder why it didn't receive tons of awards, I know I do.
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Summary: I'm not the best writer
Review: I liked the book because I would like to live on a
ranch witha alot of land. I think Gary Paulsen is a
good writer. My freind got me into likeing sheep and
this book has about 3,000 sheep.
I didn't like when the skunk sprayed the dog or when
the girl just disapeared which you haft to read the
book to understand. I liked the book because it seems like me. The story took place on a ranch in wyomig. The main charcter was a 14 year
old boy named John Barron...
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Summary: The Haymeadow
Review: I thought "The Haymeadow" was good because John Barron showed his courage in many tough situations. He also cared for his animals and knew that he needed them in order to survive. He is determined to please his father and make it home alive.
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Summary: The Haymeadow
Review: I thought that the book "The Haymeadow" was pretty good, because it shows a lot of courage by the main character John. The book taught me that anyone can do anything when you put your mind to it. I also learned that it's easy to quit something before you even start it but it's even better when you finish something that you started.
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Summary: ICS Book Review
Review: I thought this book was interesting!It was about 14yr. old John who was sent to live with the sheep, the dogs, and the horses in the haymeadow for 3 months.He has never done this before because the old man Tink did it until he got cancer. Now, John's dad is counting on him to go to the haymeadow. Will he follow through with it? What goes wrong if he does go to the haymeadow? It is up to you to find out the rest.
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Summary: An Alright Book...
Review: If you like books about survival, this is a good book to pick up. This book starts off kind of boring, but gets filled with excitement as you go along. Overall, the book was pretty good.
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Summary: The Haymeadow
Review: In this book, young John Barron dreams about his great-grandfather, the amazing man who claimed what was once the Barron land with just two horses and a gun to his name. John (finally) gets to be adventurous when his father's hired hand, Tink, is diagnosed with cancer. Now John has to take care of 6,000 sheep, some of the most diaster prone animals in the world, along with four sheep herding dogs and two horses while trying to survive the natural hardships that hit every single day!!! Now, Gary Paulsen is a wonderful writer, but this book was so BORING!!! One thing after another keeps trying to wipe out John and the herd but he would bounce back! Too much pressure was put on this young boy's shoulders and when the ending (finally) came, it kind of left you hanging and disappointed and shocked. So it wasn't one of my favorite books and I would really only recommened it to someone who enjoys reading about disasters happening to other people...
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Summary: Coming to terms with Nature and his Heritage
Review: John is only 14 the year his father expects him to spend the summer in a distant haymeadow in the Wyoming mountains--alone with 6,000 sheep, 4 border collies and 2 horses. Unsure if he is up to the demands of prolonged living without human companionship in valley pasturage, lacking both experience and a guidebook, the boy psyches himself up by pretending he would do things the way he imagines the Old Man--his great grandfather who founded the spread--would have done. Make him and his distant father proud: how best to honor his Barron heritage than by conquering the wilderness and loneliness with just his wits and his gut instinct! He wonders how he will spend the time during 3 months of long days. Somehow Nature keeps him very busy, as the dangers to sheep, dogs, horses and even himself arrive in waves, without warning. As in other Paulsen stories, this coming-of-age tale includes mental wrestling with ideals of beauty and man's role in nature. Also the protagonist grapples with erroneous conceptions of the family legend and seeming parental indifference. If he can survive what nature throws at him that summer, he will depart the haymeadow a different young man. Experiencing on-the-job training without a mentor (like learning to swim by being thrown abruptly into water), John Barron could write his own shepherd's manual after just one week. Despite minimal dialogue this adventure narrative grips the reader; Paulsen's deft and authoritative style make for fast readig, especially enjoyable for kids 12 - 16.
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Summary: Coming to terms with Nature and his Heritage
Review: John is only 14 the year his father expects him to spend the summer in a distant haymeadow in the Wyoming mountains--alone with 6,000 sheep, 4 border collies and 2 horses. Unsure if he is up to the demands of prolonged living without human companionship in valley pasturage, lacking both experience and a guidebook, the boy psyches himself up by pretending he would do things the way he imagines the Old Man--his great grandfather who founded the spread--would have done. Make him and his distant father proud: how best to honor his Barron heritage than by conquering the wilderness and loneliness with just his wits and his gut instinct! He wonders how he will spend the time during 3 months of long days. Somehow Nature keeps him very busy, as the dangers to sheep, dogs, horses and even himself arrive in waves, without warning. As in other Paulsen stories, this coming-of-age tale includes mental wrestling with ideals of beauty and man's role in nature. Also the protagonist grapples with erroneous conceptions of the family legend and seeming parental indifference. If he can survive what nature throws at him that summer, he will depart the haymeadow a different young man. Experiencing on-the-job training without a mentor (like learning to swim by being thrown abruptly into water), John Barron could write his own shepherd's manual after just one week. Despite minimal dialogue this adventure narrative grips the reader; Paulsen's deft and authoritative style make for fast readig, especially enjoyable for kids 12 - 16.
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