DOGSONG

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Summary: Great book
Review: "Dogsong" is a great book. It's about an eskimo boy named Russell who gets tired of the normal way of life and wants a change. He goes to a wise old man named Oogruk, who tells him about the way it used to be, the way the men used to make their living, and how they made their own songs of life. Russell becomes interested and wants to make his own song with the aid of some sled dogs. Oogruk teaches him how to hunt, how to find himself, and how to make his own song. Soon, Russell is out in the cold arctic terrain fighting against snowstorms, encountering a giant polar bear, and even rescuing a pregnant eskimo girl, while he hunts for food and makes his own song.

Once you start reading "Dogsong," it's hard to put it down. You'll want to keep reading it to see what happens next to Russell and how he will react to the situation. When you read this book, you'll see why it's a Newberry Honor Award Winner, it's an all around great book for anybody to read. I highly recommend it to anybody that likes adventure books or books about the arctic.

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Summary: Good book!
Review: (...)This book is about a fourteen year old boy named Russel Suskitt. This book takes place in a modern Eskimo settlement and Russel lives with his father. Russel feels that he is missing something so he goes to visit a wise old eskimo named Oogruk. Oogruk tells Russel of the old times and teaches him how to hunt, find his inner-self, and to make his own song of life. After he Oogruk had told him to make his own song of life, he decided to make one by going on the greatest adventure of his life. Russel used Oogruk's dogs and his sled to go on his adventure. On the way, Russel finds an eskimo pregnant woman in the snow. He must find a hospital before she dies.

This book was fun to read because it was very exciting, filled with adventure,talked about hunting, and this book also had great tips for being in the wilderness. Whenever I finish reading this chapter it makes me want to think what will happen next. I also enjoyed reading this book because the author told things in such a descriptive way, "The coughing came from Outside, came from the tobacco which came from Outside and Russel hated it." Like many of Gary's other books this book tells great information on surviving in the wild. Even though I thought that Hatchet was a better book than this, I still enjoyed it very much.

This book has some weaknesses as well as strengths. This book sometimes did not tell enough information for me to understand. I also wondered why Oogruk would want to kill himself by leaving himself in the cold. I would not recommend this book to children hearing the death of other children. This book will probably be best for teens and young teens.

My favorite part of the book is when Russel decides to go on the adventure. It tells of him finding his inner-self and he makes a song also. On the way he also finds a young pregnant eskimo girl that was in one of Russels dreams. He determined to save her before she freezes to death. You must read this action-packed book if you want to know what happens next.

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Summary: Boy takes journey to the top
Review: Dogsong is about a teenage kid that goes on a journey. The story takes place somewhere between the middle and the top of Canada and is about survival. He goes on the journey, so he can finally be considerd an adult in his village. He learns how to hunt, and how to make use all of the animals he hunts. In this book, he meets a girl, who becomes his friend. I really liked this book because it makes you think about what it would be like if you were in this situation. I also liked it because it was very enjoyable to read. For some reason, it reminds me of Lassie. I think Dogsong is better though.

I suggest you try reading it, it's great! In comparison to some other great books, Dogsong is as good as the Harry Potter books. I think Dogsong is not as good as The Giver, but much better than The Time Machine. So I really liked this book, and I don't know about anybody else that doesn't like it, or has read it. Once again, I am asking that you at least try Dogsong out if you have not read it at all. Also, if you haven't tried out any other of the books I compared Dogsong with, you should try them to.

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Summary: Dogsong
Review: Dogsong
The book is about living in Eskimo in modern world. I like this book, because this book tells me about how to haunt animals in a natural way. A boy name Russell, he learn from Oogruk, his father friend, on how to haunt caribou, seal, birds in which the meat used for food everyday. He also learns that there are songs for everything. One other thing that Russell has to work on is to trust with the dogs. The dogs have a special instinct that tells Russell where he should go in order to discover the northern land. If you want to see what will happen next, you have to read. I encourage to all readers to read this amazing book so that you know that there are another life out there, instead of TV.

My opinion about this book is that I could know how hard to live in an Eskimo land is. I don't know that there are songs for everything. True or not, don't ask me. Never the less, this book does teach us something.

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Summary: Adam's Review
Review: Gary Paulsen has wrote so many great, interesting books and this book, "Dogsong", just adds to the collection. This is a story of a boy named Russel Suskitt that is an eskimo who wants to find his inner-self and get away from his normal, boring way of life. Russel goes and speaks to a elder man, but very clever, named Oogruk. He tells Russel about the way life was when men made their living and how they made personal songs of life. Oogruk teaches him how to hunt, how to find his inner-self, and to make his own song of life. So Russel decides to make his own song of life by going on an adventure that would risk his life. Russel gathers some dogs and gets a dogsled together and starts out for the biggest adventure of his life. Along the way he has to sled through mountains, icy terrains, and even rivers. He also met up with a polar bear. In addition, during his trip he also helped rescue an eskimo woman that was pregnant. Oogruk's teaching came to use when Russel had to hunt for his food out in the wild. Russel had a great time on this adventure being away from the village and finding his inner-self. He also built a friendship with the dogs that was very important for this young man out in the great wild. This adventure helped Russel find his inner-self and make his own song of life.

This book is very exciting filled with adventure, hunting, and tips for being in the wilderness. I enjoyed this book alot and gave it four out of five stars. If you are someone who does not like adventure and reading about the great outdoors then this book is not for you. I do really recommend it to anyone that likes adventure and reading about the wilderness.

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Summary: I thought it was boring but it had its moments.
Review: I thought this book was a little boring but at some parts of the book it got very intense and good. It is about a 14-year-old boy named Russel and he is trying to find his "song" of homself. His very good old friend Oogruk tell him that he needs to find his song. Oogruk gives Russel all he needs to go find his song. Oogruk give him a little food, weapons and the dogs to pull him on the sled. Russel starts outon his journey and decides to go back to see Oogruk. But when he returns he is sad to see that he is dead. On the way throughout his journey his has some obstacles. he has to kill a polar bear to feed himself and the dogs, he had to rescue a pregnant women and they found themselves on a ice pond and a peice broke off but they managed to save themselves. I read this book it sounded adventures and it was. I recemend this book to a person who loves an adventure. This is a great book.

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Summary: Dogsong
Review: Title: Dogsong
Author: Gary Paulsen
Genre: Adventure

The main character of the book is Russel Susskit a young boy about 14 who lives in a small village. Russel is having a problem and so he goes to see an old Eskimo that lives in his village, the Eskimo teaches him of the old ways and gives him a dog team and sled when Oogruk dies Russel leaves his home to live the old way but during his journey he finds a pregnant woman almost dead and has to get her to a hospital but is running out of food.

Russel: the main character that is on a journey to find his own song.
Oogruk: an old and wise Eskimo who teaches Russel of the old ways.
Nancy: creates a problem that Russel has to solve.

The motivations of the characters are for Russel to find his own song and to live the old way Oogruk's is to teach Russel of the old ways and Nancy's is to get to a hospital so she can give birth to her baby.

The weaknesses of this book are its lack of elaboration and the end leaves you hanging. The strengths of this book are its adventure and always making you think what's next.