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Summary: Modern day boy spends Rockie summer with 6000 sheep.
Review: Sounds boring, right? Well, it isn't! Here, let me tell you about The Haymeadow. John Barron, a 14 year old boy, is told he's going to have to go up to a four square mile haymeadow with 6,000 sheep for three months - alone! The only company he has is two horses and four dogs and all those sheep. John takes this on as a task, thinking how his great-grandfather did it with no modern-day essentials. But when a flood hits, coyotees attack, a skunk skunks his dog and he loses his only weapon, a gun, John learns that this is more than a task. Through it all he must rely on his resourcefulness, bravery and perseverance to survive the haymeadow summer. Was I right? Did it thrill you? I would definitly recommend this exciting Gary Paulson novel to anyone.
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Summary: The Haymeadow
Review: The book I read is called The Haymeadow. John is The main character, he is a fourteen year old who wants some change in his life. He lives with his father and two permanent hired men named Cawley and Tink. John's mother died when he was four years old. He barely remembers her. During the years he was told few stories about his mother and his memories are confused with stories. John's father and Tink go to town and were suppose to return in the afternoon. His father only returns. John finds out that Tink had to stay in town with the doctors because they discovered he had cancer. Just like John's grandfathers will be asked to go to the haymeadow. But since Tink can't watch over it John will have to go a little earlier than his grandfathers had. Doubts of not accomplishing the task are all over his mind. Spending a whole month with six thousand sheep, two horses, and four dogs will be lots of work. Going to the haymeadow was a long journey as it is. During the first days at the haymeadow, John already approaches many problems. A snake attacks one of the lambs causing it to have a deep cut. Usually they would shoot a lamb so that it won't suffer but John decided to heal the wound. Also, a bear attacks! These are just some of the many obstacles he approaches in the haymeadow. He continues overcoming the obstacles and before John knew it, it was the end of the month. The figure on the horizon was his father coming to see him. His father brings good news. Tink was not going to die because of the cancer. All of the stories of his mother are told to him by his father. When it's time for his father to head back John doesn't want him to go. He tells him that and his father stays and tells him more stories in the haymeadow. I like the book because The way the author describes the setting. "It was more than a meadow. More than just hay. It was a wide, shallow valley between two rows of peaks. The haymeadow itself was four sections, but the whole valley was close to four miles across and nearly eight miles long and so beautiful, John thought, that it almost took his breath away." I could picture the haymeadow by the way the author describes it. I really enjoyed learning more about the haymeadow. "One car with New York plates was full of tourists and there was a girl with long brown hair who got out with a camera and John felt a little shy but tipped his hat to her. She smiled back and waved and he felt himself blushing but was glad he'd done it anyway." John continues to think about that girl as the time passes. I think he had a his crush on her but he never told Cawley. Cawley saw everything and teased him about that day. John still hoped to see that girl once again. My favorite part of the story was when the flood goes and hits his trailer. John ends up looking through the haymeadow looking for his clothes. All of his shirts soaked and he lost many supplies. The labels of all the canned food went down steam so John ended up with having a unknown meal everyday. This is the part of the book with the most action. I think this was the best part because at one point I questioned if he would survive in the haymeadow after all this.
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Summary: A great book!!!
Review: The book The Haymeadow was written by Gary Paulsen. John is just a fourteen year old who wants some change in his life. He lives with his father and two permanent hired hands named Cawley and Tink. John's mother died when he was four years old. He barely remembers her. During the years he was told few stories about his mother and his memories are confused with stories. John's father and Tink go to town and were suppose to return in the afternoon. His father only returns. John finds out that Tink had to stay in town with the doctors because they discovered he had cancer. Just like John's grandfathers will be asked to go to the haymeadow. But since Tink can't watch over it John will have to go a little earlier than his grandfathers had. Doubts of not accomplishing the task are all over his mind. Spending a whole month with six thousand sheep, two horses, and four dogs will be lots of work. Going to the haymeadow was a long journey as it is. During the first days at the haymeadow, John already approaches many problems. A snake attacks one of the lambs causing it to have a deep cut. Usually they would shoot a lamb so that it won't suffer but John decided to heal the wound. Also, a bear attacks! These are just some of the many obstacles he approaches in the haymeadow. He continues overcoming the obstacles and before John knew it, it was the end of the month. The figure on the horizon was his father coming to see him. His father brings good news. Tink was not going to die because of the cancer. All of the stories of his mother are told to him by his father. When it's time for his father to head back John doesn't want him to go. He tells him that and his father stays and tells him more stories in the haymeadow.
The reason I liked this book so much was because of the way the author describes the setting. "It was more than a meadow. More than just hay. It was a wide, shallow valley between two rows of peaks. The haymeadow itself was four sections, but the whole valley was close to four miles across and nearly eight miles long and so beautiful, John thought, that it almost took his breath away." I could picture the haymeadow by the way the author describes it. I picture a beautiful valley surrounded by mountains and the grass rolling in the same direction. Everything is so beautiful and peaceful. I really enjoyed learning more about the haymeadow. What I also liked about it was that included some love. This evened out the book so that it balanced. "One car with New York plates was full of tourists and there was a girl with long brown hair who got out with a camera and John felt a little shy but tipped his hat to her. She smiled back and waved and he felt himself blushing but was glad he'd done it anyway." John continues to think about that girl through the days in the haymeadow. I think he found his crush but he never admitted it to Cawley. Cawley saw everything and teased him about that day. John still hoped to see that girl once again. My favorite part of the story was when the flood hits his trailer with all of his belongings. John ends up fishing his stuff out of the river. All of his shirts soaked and he lost many supplies. The labels of all the canned food flowed down steam so John ended up with having a mystery meal everyday. This is the part of the book with the most action. I think this was the best part because at one point I questioned if he would survive in the haymeadow after all this.
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Summary: What a Book
Review: The Haymeadow By: Gary Paulson John Barron, a fourteen year old boy, lives with his father on a ranch in Wyoming. His father goes to town to help a sick employee that works on the ranch. This employee usually and herds six-thousand sheep up into the haymeadow, but since he is sick it is up to John to help out his father's business. The sheep can not survive outside of the cool mountainous environment of the haymeadow during the summer. This meadow is a two-day trip by horse from the Barron's camp. John is forced to stay there for three months tending to the sheep. While John is there the river floods and his supplies are scattered everywhere. John is faced with possible starvation. Also he loses his rifle and has no way to defend himself or the sheep from the ravenous coyotes. In the haymeadow John has to be very resourceful and brave as he faces many dangerous and difficult situations while he is alone in the valley. The story reveals that Gary Paulson wrote The Haymeadow well. In the novel Paulson describes everything thoroughly and keeps one on the edge of one's seat. Paulson's theme in this novel is different than most. He wishes to convey that everything in nature is beautiful in some way no matter how what an organism's purpose is. To back this up Paulson writes soon after the herd is attacked by coyotes, "By the end of three weeks things had reserved and he decided one afternoon to try and find what wasn't beautiful. He was sitting on the side of the stream and had his pants rolled up and his bare feet in the water and he looked around and thought of the last three weeks and tried to think of something that wasn't beautiful. And he couldn't." This book is filled with action and is interesting. I enjoyed it a lot and would recommend it to many.
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Summary: The HAymeadow
Review: The Haymeadow. This book is one of the many great adventure books that Gary Paulsen has written in his many years. He has one of the most interesting lives I've ever heard of. This boy's life lies on a farm. His family are sheep herders, every year they drive them out to a pasture to spend the summer. This summer the usual guy gets sick and the boy must drive the sheep. He packs up his wagon and gets ready to leave. Find out what happens next by reading the Haymeadow by Gary Paulsen. This is a great book 4.5 stars. I recommend this book to 5th to 8th grade kids
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Summary: I was about to be bored out of my wits, when suddenly . . .
Review: this book got suprisingly exciting. Gary Paulsen once again does a good job, writing on seemingly non-interesting topics.
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Summary: The Hawmeadow
Review: This book is great. It tells a story about a courageous 14 year old boy who is stuck watching 6000 sheep for a whole summer alone except for 4 dogs and 2 horses in the mountains of Wyoming. He encounters a rattlesnake,scunk,bear,coyotes,and a flood. This is a suspenseful story that when you start reading it and you don't want to put it down. Amy F.
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Summary: riveting, and action packed
Review: This book kept me moving. It fits in with all of Paulsen's other adventurous books, The River, The Hatchet, and his other assorted books. I was 12 when I read this book and I am 14 now. The book really captivated me into thinking about what it would be like. I have read this book two times, I have to admit it was kind of boring the second time around. The first time I have to recommend though.
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Summary: Paulsen Does it again
Review: This book was outstanding. As an adult who is a fan of youth books, I really enjoyed Haymeadow. Set in the ranching country but in modern times, it gives you such a feel for the isolation and beauty of the sheepherders life. This was a subject I have always been curious about, and I look forward to reading other books about the subject. It is amazing to me how one writer can produce adventure books, wilderness survival stories, sea tales, period pieces, stories about indigent peoples, western novels, and even comedies. I have yet to read a book of Gary's I didn't like. I hope he has a sequal. To see museum pictures of sheepwagons, go to sheepwagon.com or take a sheepwagon vacation at another site recworld.com/state/wy/other/yellowstone/home
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Summary: Paulsen Does it again
Review: This book was outstanding. As an adult who is a fan of youth books, I really enjoyed Haymeadow. Set in the ranching country but in modern times, it gives you such a feel for the isolation and beauty of the sheepherders life. This was a subject I have always been curious about, and I look forward to reading other books about the subject. It is amazing to me how one writer can produce adventure books, wilderness survival stories, sea tales, period pieces, stories about indigent peoples, western novels, and even comedies. I have yet to read a book of Gary's I didn't like. I hope he has a sequal. To see museum pictures of sheepwagons, go to sheepwagon.com or take a sheepwagon vacation at another site recworld.com/state/wy/other/yellowstone/home
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