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Summary: GREAT STORY OF TRUST AND HONESTY
Review: I liked this book a lot. I liked how the boys` grandpa went through all the stories and then the kids had to decide for themselves if he was telling the truth or not.Gary Paulsen is a wonderful auther. The book has a great surprise ending
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Summary: The winter room
Review: I loved this book! Its about Eldon and his older brother wayne where Eldon tells about a year of his life. in winter his Uncle David who tells them stories. Some of the stories are myths, and some are true.If you but when Eldons older brother Wayn finds out that some are not true he thinks that his Uncle lies to him. If you don't have a good imagination you shouldn't read this book.
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Summary: Not the best book in the world
Review: I think that the book could have been better. There was to much in it to understand and it was really confusing. I really didn't get what they were saying in it. This girl went through all the seasons telling what happend and what the major things were like the smeels of the things around her and things like that. I think that it would of been better if i was older to understand it.
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Summary: An eleven year old boy shares what life on a farm is like..
Review: If you think you know a person, know him well enough to trust him, you still might not understand him. Wayne lives on a farm with his mom, dad, younger brother, and his two uncles. Every day in the winter Wayne's Uncle David tells a story. Once he told a story about a person who lives under water and sinks ships. Another night he told a story about his wife Alida who died in labor. A few nights later he told a story about a woodcutter. He said he could cut a six inch pine in a single swing and shave his beard with an ax and not cut himself. Then he said the woodcutter could have two axes above his head one in each hand and swing the axes so they hit head on. Wayne believed that part was a lie. The morning after the night David told the story Wayne saw David go outside and swing two axes at a chunk of wood so they hit head on.
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Summary: I thought this book was boring.
Review: It was about a boy and his family. The last chapter was good but you have to read the whole story to get to the last chapter. It's not worth it. I do not recomend it.
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Summary: The Winter Room
Review: It was about a boy who lived on a farm with five other people. He told about all the things that went on at his farm; particularly in the different seasons. I liked it because somehow when I was reading it the story just caught me and I was really interested in it. I really liked the story that Uncle David told about himself when he was young and a lumberjack. (He told two stories every night by the wood stove. I recommend it for a sixth grader.
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Summary: One of his worst!
Review: Pulsen is one of my favorite authors, and I often enjoy reading his work. I have to say this was not a piece that I liked at all. It was boring and it lacked the amazing detail that I have come to expect from Paulsen.
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Summary: The Big Time Review
Review: The book is about a boy that lived on a farm out in the country. He tells about how they lived through all four seasons of the year and how they spent their time. Then he also tells how they got ready for each month like storing things for winter and things like that. I liked the story becuase it tells about his life and how he lived through rough times. Then also he tells about his family and his uncles that live with him and about when they were young and their marital lifes. I did not like this book so much becuase he was reapting himself over and over again. It was also boring becuase they never gave really good details.
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Summary: SEARCHING FOR THE PLACE BETWEEN SEASONS...AND TRUTH
Review: The cover--obviously by the same artist who designed HATCHET--makes little sense at first: a double-bladed axe and Viking ship share a watery existence with a blond boy and a distant farm. How do they all blend into one story? Remember that Paulsen has a penchant for bitter winter and dangerous weapons. This is the first book I have read which is 85% expository writing (descriptions but plotless), so where is the Conflict? With Paulsen one can expect even a slow-starter to gear up to near terror/disaster at the ending. This book mainly describes life on a Minnesota farm in an unspecified era (probably pre WW2). If Paulsen was not raised on a farm, he certainly did thorough research; it sounds quite authentic as he takes the reader through the various seasons, starting with Spring. He focuses on the smells, sounds and lights of a rural setting, related from the viewpoint of an 11-year-old boy who lives in the shadow of his older brother. In the brief introduction Paulsen urges the reader's active participation, so as to savor the total feeling of this ancient Norwegian farm. As we reach the Winter season, quiet old Uncle David spins his Nordic yarns after supper in the Winter Room, where the family gathers by the friendly stove on long, dark evenings. Yet one tale in particular upsets the older brother, whose private accusations against the old man precipitate highly-charged emotional events and desperate action. Unlike the progtagonist of HATCHET, this young narrator is helpless to prevent the psychological carnage. A short, introspective read which might not appeal to action-oriented elementary children.
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Summary: The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen
Review: The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen Do you know anyone who can take a piece of cordwood, two axes, one in each hand, and swing them into the two ends of the wood? The wood should split clean and the two axes will meet in the middle. Wayne and his brother could not believe this could be done. Their Uncle David loved to tell them stories during the winter, and they were always true. Why would Uncle David lie to Wayne and his brother about this story? Read the Winter Room to find out how Uncle David will prove to the boys that he is telling the truth.
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