The Goats

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Summary: I Like Goats
Review: My friend and I went to the library during school and she ominously pulled this book off the shelf. "Read it" she said laughing. I took her advice since the last book I read, reccomended by her, was extremely good. It turned out, after I checked it out, she had never read it. I decided to read it anyway. With the first sentence of beautiful flowing words I was pulled right in to these two kids adventure of a lifetime. This is my favorite book!

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Summary: Goats are cool
Review: Out of curiosity, I bought this book. The first time I tried to read it, it bored me and I gave up. A year or so later, I decided to try again. I understood the events better, and I couldn't put it down. Adversity bonded two teens who were total strangers to each other. I've never been tricked as Laura and Howie were, but I'm a loner and I also formed close friendships with other lone wolves. The details of the boy and the girl's flight away from camp were intriguing. But why is this book rated for ages 9-12? There are a few mentions of adult movies, nudity, and centerfolds, as another reviewer said. While these references aren't pornographic, they are still inappropriate for preteens. Only high school students and older should read "The Goats". Overall, it's a great book which I'd reccomend to most young adults.

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Summary: The Goats by Brock Cole
Review: The Goats by Brock Cole, is about two young teenagers named Laura and Howie; these two teens become the center of a cruel practical joke played on them by their peers at summer camp. The other teens decide to leave Laura and Howie naked and stranded on an abandoned island across the lake from the camp to see how they will react. The two teens are embarrassed and ashamed that the joke was played on them. They end up swimming back to the main shore where the camp is. Since Howie's parents are out of the country, and Laura's mother refuses to pick her up until Parents Weekend a few days later, the two have developed some survival tactics for staying away from the camp until Laura's mother comes. Laura and Howie end up stealing clothes from a beach storage area, they get money from cars with the windows rolled down, and they hide out in a vacant summer cabin, they hide in a different camp that they found, and also they manage to stay in an empty motel room. They are clever and resourceful. They are brave and prove to be good at surviving against the odds. The two teens do very well at demonstrating their self-reliance. Howie decides that he really wants to continue staying away from everyone forever. He imagines a life out in the forest with Laura where the two will not have to deal with their peers or adults anymore. At the end of the story, Laura and Howie meet up with Laura's mom, who is now aware of Laura and Howie's terrible experience and is disgusted with the camp. Laura and Howie remain close and plan to stick together after all they've been through. This story is definitely worth reading.

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Summary: The Goats by Brock Cole
Review: The Goats by Brock Cole, is about two young teenagers named Laura and Howie; these two teens become the center of a cruel practical joke played on them by their peers at summer camp. The other teens decide to leave Laura and Howie naked and stranded on an abandoned island across the lake from the camp to see how they will react. The two teens are embarrassed and ashamed that the joke was played on them. They end up swimming back to the main shore where the camp is. Since Howie's parents are out of the country, and Laura's mother refuses to pick her up until Parents Weekend a few days later, the two have developed some survival tactics for staying away from the camp until Laura's mother comes. Laura and Howie end up stealing clothes from a beach storage area, they get money from cars with the windows rolled down, and they hide out in a vacant summer cabin, they hide in a different camp that they found, and also they manage to stay in an empty motel room. They are clever and resourceful. They are brave and prove to be good at surviving against the odds. The two teens do very well at demonstrating their self-reliance. Howie decides that he really wants to continue staying away from everyone forever. He imagines a life out in the forest with Laura where the two will not have to deal with their peers or adults anymore. At the end of the story, Laura and Howie meet up with Laura's mom, who is now aware of Laura and Howie's terrible experience and is disgusted with the camp. Laura and Howie remain close and plan to stick together after all they've been through. This story is definitely worth reading.

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Summary: good reading
Review: The Goats is well written book. The characters in the story were very real and captivating. I found myself following along their journey as if I were there too. I recommend this book and hope that readers can see past the negative parts that have gotten this book banned and see the wonderful story underneath.

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Summary: An exciting yet unrealistic book
Review: The novel I'm reviewing is "The Goats". The book was written by Brock Cole and Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux. This book is about two kids who don't fit in at the camp because of their lack of social skills. The camp that they're at has a tradition of leaving a boy and girl that are the misfits, the goats, on an island. When these two find each other and swim off the island the story gets more complicated. When off the island they run away. They end up all over the place, get into all kinds of trouble, and become closer friends. This book is very exciting at times but I thought the author didn't explain the exciting scenes enough leaving the reader wondering what happened. An example of this is when the kids stole a jeep. The next time the kids were mentioned they didn't have the jeep anymore, but it didn't say what happened to the jeep. It was also very unrealistic. An example of the story being unrealistic is when the two get on a bus full of kids and sit in the front seat of the bus unnoticed by the adults. Unfortunately it got unrealistic very often. Despite the many flaws the book did do a few things right. When you read the book it seemed like the two kids would do things kids really do. I thought the other had a good understanding of kids and how they act. In conclusion I feel that this book was an ok book. The excitement and actions of the characters offset what the book lacked in realism and explanations. I would recommend this book to anyone under the age of twelve, but for everyone else I feel that the book isn't worth reading.

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Summary: Modern classic reminiscent of film "Walkabout" ...
Review: This book reminds me of the famous film "Walkabout", about two Australian children who wander the Outback after being abandoned there by their father and left to fend for themselves. Here are two teens, a boy and a girl (never referred to the narration by their names, but simply as the Boy, or the Girl) on the cusp of sexual maturity who wander the city and the country after being stranded on an island without their clothes by cruel peers. Along the way they become the closest of friends, intimate in a way that I'm not even sure is possible. A wonderful book, true literature for children ...

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Summary: Deep!
Review: This book was wonderfully written! You explore the minds and adventures of Howie and Laura as they as stuck together on and island with eachother, marooned by terrible camp children. Alone, the boy and girl reach out to eachother and take of to 'disappear'. This was a pretty good book. It didn't appeal to me as much as it could have, but you may find it wonderful. Either that or you'll hate it. Yes- there was some mature content, but nothing extrodinary unless you are very sensitive. There are some descriptions of a young girl, along with a few vague scenes that you may find inappropriate. I think it's alright for mature readers ages 13+Up. I'm 13, and I had no problem with it, while some other teens I know thought it was disgusting. You make the call. I wouldn't call it uphauling, but then again.. I'm used to Stephen King. Give it a try, you'll love it or hate it.

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Summary: Beautiful book, very recommended
Review: This is one of the most wonderful books I have ever read. There are two levels to this book; the physical adventures Laura and Howie go on together, from an island to a town to the forests, and then the deeper level of this book, which is the relationship that develops between these two people. I don't think I have ever read a book in which two people experience such a wonderful, deep, beautiful, intimate bond; not in any adult novel, and not in any children's book. This book is beautifully written, and while the adventures of the two protagonists are not truly realistic, the entire book is completely believable. I give the highest recommendation I possibly can on this book; it subtly shines.

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Summary: Really Really Really Really Really Really GREAT!!
Review: This is the very very very best book i have ever read in my whole life... im only 13 though... I still think this is the best book!!