|
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews
|
Booktalk
#1
As the storm rages, surging
waves start to overtake the ship. The captain decides in order to save
Jack, the cabin boy, he must throw him from the ships wreckage. Miraculously,
Jack washes up on a deserted island. As Jack explores the island, he finds
signs that the island had once been inhabited.
There are sheep and sheep dogs
and the pack of wild dogs that attack from the darkness of the woods. Jacks
alliance with the sheepdogs benefits the herd and himself. But how long
can he survive? What happened to the people and will he ever get off the
island? (New
Hampshire Great Stone Face committee, 2005-2006)
Booktalk #2
Jack
dragged himself onto the beach. The storm was over but the ship and everyone
on it was gone. He was alone on the island …or so he thought. On a hill
in the distance, he could see what looked like dogs. Jack was relieved.
Where there are dogs there must be humans with homes and food and a warm
fireplace. Jack could not begin to imagine the adventure that was in store
for him. In order to survive Jack will have to abandon life as he knows
it and become one with the dogs. (Jean B. Bellavance for Pennsylvania
Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2005-2006) |
