The Winter Room

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Summary: The Winter Room
Review: "The Winter Room" by Gary Pauson is the biggest waste of time I have ever had the displeasure of reading. The whole book is about a young boy and his life throughout the seasons. It only tells about his regular routine, which isn't very exiting, and maybe one or two specific events. The "climax" has all the exitement af watching a brick wall to see if it will get up and run away. Suspense in this book is very rare in this book, and the tiny bit that there is, it is reserved for the very last chapter. The events that do happen in this book do not affect the end of the book at all. I would say that the endig of the book starts at the beginning of the first chapter and ends after a few pages. The main character, Eldon, does not change at all. The main character's brother, Wayne, is the only one that actually changes in the story. Eldon is known for his gullability in this book, and proves it by doing some of the crazy things Wayne tells him to do. Eldon and his brother live on a farm, along with his mother, father , uncle and farm hand. To live on this farm Eldon and his family have to be hard workers. No theme is actually presented in this book. At least, not that I could see. At the end, the theme might be to "trust your elders", but I doubt it. In conclusion, The Winter Room" is a waste of time. On a scale of one to five I would give it a one-half. So if you have a lot of time to waste and you want to waste it on something boring to read, read "The Winter Room".

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Summary: Poorly Written!
Review: A Review by Blaine
As a winner of three Newberry awards, Gary Paulsen, I think, has let the readers of this book down by the boredom he displays. The narrator, Eldon, is the brother of Wayne in the story. As the story leads on, their Uncle David begins to tell stories about himself to them that are very amazing. Eldon and Wayne don't believe it, though their uncle proves it to them at the end. Many of the sentences Gary Paulsen wrote in this book were extremely long; in fact one of them was 210 words! Usually, many exciting books have a lot of events that happen in the story. But, in this one, there are not many fun and exciting events; this book only had one major event, which made it very uninteresting to read. There was only one good sentence of many details I admired in this book. "I hate the spring, it stinks of the fly infested manor pile in behind the barn." I gave this book only 1 star because I feel this was a poorly written book. I would only recommend this book to somebody who has a lot of time on their hands.

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Summary: A journey for your senses...a beautiful and worthwhile book
Review: Although this book is a quick and fairly easy to read, the deeper meaning of it may escape many readers. The first section of this book, Tuning, is so masterfully written that I had chills the first time I read it. Truly, books need readers to give them sounds and smells and light...if your imagination is lacking, then perhaps you won't take all from this book that it has to offer. This is an emotional and vivid book. It does does not operate on the cheap thrills of modern action or adventure entertainment. Sit down and read this book when you are in a reflective mood, it will be most satisfying. If you bring to it the sounds and smells and light, perhaps you too will turn the last page with wetness in your eyes.

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Summary: Pretty Good
Review: At first the book thoroughly describes the grueling life of living on a farm. Every day in the winter Eldon's Uncle David tells a story. Once he told a story about a woodcutter that could have two axes above his head one in each hand and swing the axes so they hit head on. Eldon's father informed everyone that the woodcutter in the story was Davic himself. Wayne had been listening to the stories every winter since he can remember and thought all the stories to be true, but not this one and he let Uncle Davud know it. The the next night he and Eldon were playing in the hay loft and saw their uncle spit a piece of wood in the fashion the woodcutter did in the story and then they knew it was true and didn't tell thier uncle what they saw.

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Summary: The Winter Room Book Review
Review: Do you like to go on adventures? If you do you should read this book it's about two boys named Eldon, Wayne, and their uncle David. Their Uncle David mostly tells stories about superheroes but today was different. Instead, he told them a story about a woodcutter. The boys were eagerly excited, but then something terrible happens! Oh! What could it be? The author of this book is Gary Paulsen he writes excellent children's books some of his books are, Hatchet, The Voyage of the Frog, and One- Eyed Cat and plenty more. Gary Paulsen books are amazing; you should really read some of his books.

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Summary: The Winter Room Book Review
Review: Do you like to go on adventures? If you do you should read this book its about two boys named Eldon and Wayne and their uncle David. Their Uncle David mostly tells stories about superheroes but today was different, instead he told them a story about a woodcutter. The boys were eagerly excited, but then something terrible happens! Oh! What could it be? The author of this book is Gary Paulsen he writes excellent children's books some of his books are, Hatchet, The Voyage of the Frog, and One- Eyed Cat and plenty more. Gary Paulsen books are amazing, you should really read some of his books.

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Summary: Not one of his very best, but a great read nonetheless
Review: Growing up in the 30's was a tough time for many people. It's never easy dealing with acres of crops, milking cows every day, or slipping and sliding in manure, but growing up on a farm had its good points, such as hearing an old family member tell a memorable story every night. Such is the case of the narrator, a boy who recalls what it was like every season of the year, especially that of the winter, when the whole family would gather in the 'winter room' to sit and knit, eat dinner, tell stories, or listen to stories while staring at the glowing fire burning in the distance.

As with all of his books, Gary Paulsen writes in a way as to paint pictures in your mind so that you can actually 'see' what is being said as you read it. At the same time, the story remains interesting from start to finish, without having a single part that's boring in any way, shape or form, but the best parts of the book in my opinion are the short stories that Uncle David tells.

Included is a sort of foreword by Gary Paulsen before the actual book begins. Then he tells what the boy thinks about and what is typically done in each season of the year on the 1930's farm, and finally, Uncle David tells a few fascinating stories, with one certain TRUE story being told each and every night.

The Winter Room is a fairly short book (103 pages), but like I said, it's interesting and sort of compelling from start to finish. It's a great book, but it is not one of Gary Paulsen's ABSOLUTE best books, in my opinion. After reading many of his other books such as The Island, Hatchet, The River, and Dogsong, I wasn't disappointed with The Winter Room, but it doesn't stand out as being one of his very best, even though it is a Newbery Honor Book.

If you're like me and you're a big Gary Paulsen fan, I definitely recommend adding The Winter Room to your collection. I also recommend it to anybody who wants to read a short and well-written book, but just keep in mind that the author has many other books that are even better than The Winter Room.

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Summary: The Winter Room a review by David
Review: Have you ever thought that your life was great and it couldn't get any better? But then something horrible happened, and your life couldn't get any worse? Then something amazing happened, and your life was better than before? Well, if it hasn't, you should read the book The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen. It's about a boy named Eldon, (the protagonist) and his brother Wayne who live on a farm. Their Uncle David, who was very old, always told stories every night, and one story changed everybody's life.
One of my favorite events from the book was when Wayne and Eldon fought because they didn't know whether there was a place between days when it wasn't the day before and it wasn't tomorrow yet. Eldon's like, yes there are times in places so you could tell one day from the next, but Wayne thought he knew there wasn't. When they were done fighting, Wayne had a swollen ear from where Eldon hit him with a board, and Eldon had a bloody nose, and they still didn't know. Do you know the right answer?
Another one of my favorite events is when Uncle David tells the story of Crazy Alan. Crazy Alan was a man that played jokes on other men in the camp. The jokes he played didn't hurt anybody and weren't bad. The other men liked the jokes so much they wanted Crazy Alan to do more. When he did one joke he was on the verge of getting fired. The foreman was in the outhouse and Crazy Alan cut a huge Norway pine down. He dropped it right in front of the door to and from the outhouse. Crazy Alan maneuvered this trick so well, that he actually did get fired.
This book is like an adventure, mystery kind of story, and it's great for all kids and people of all ages. You must read The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen to figure out what happens in the end.

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Summary: Winter Room wasn't that interesting
Review: I didn't really like the "Winter Room" because it wasn't that interesting and it didn't have that much detail. Gary Paulsen's books usually have a lot of detail but I didn't think this book has that much detail. I will recommend this book to a person who doesn't like to read long books. This book wasn't really boring but if you read it you might like it. The book was sort of funny and disgusting.

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Summary: An OK book
Review: I have read many books by Gary Paulsen and they were all good books. However the book The Winter Room wasn't like Gary Paulsen's other books.I thought it was slow, it was like there wasn't really a point to the story. There were some parts that were good, like went he was talking about the farm. I don't think I could recommend this book to anyone.