Dogsong
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781416939627 |
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| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers |
| Publication date: | 05/08/2007 |
| Edition description: | Repackage |
| Pages: | 192 |
| Sales rank: | 50,592 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.12(w) x 7.62(h) x 0.50(d) |
| Age Range: | 10 - 14 Years |
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Dogsong
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I like the book and I recommend it to my friends to read. I learned that someone can live alone in wilderness. Russel had to kill animals for his food and he had a lamp that Oogruk gave him to warm the meat up. He had to kill for him and the dog team that Oogruk also gave him.
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The book Dog Song is a great novel of how a young boy finds his song after placing his trust in his fathers friend and his dogs, and letting them take him on a journey to find not only his song but the old way of life. He even saves a girls life and takes her on his journey to find his song. This book is amazing it has no flaws and it is written great it show how a boy in this new world can seek out the old ways of his nation. This is why i love every part of this book.
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The first couple of chapters are extremely slow and boring. However, after you reach Russel's adventure...it gets good! There was definitely a lot of suspense(something that i personally love) and this book is just an all out thrill. There are books that get you in a good mood...this is one of them! This book is recommended to those who just love adventurous books.
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A great book but its a bit unrealistic
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This is a story of a 14 year old Eskimo boy Russel Susskit, who finds his peace of mind by listening to a wise Eskimo shaman who tells him how the people lived in the old days and the songs that they sang. He leaves his father to begin a long journey by the last team of dog sled. On this journey he learns to survive in the mountains and he finds his dreams. His dreams lead him to his songs.
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My personal opinion of the book “Dogsong” by Gary Paulsen is that it was an overall adequate book. I do indeed like Gary Paulsen and have read many of his works prior. I think the book definitely had potential, for it did have an interesting plot, however Infamous Gary Paulsen had to go do what he always does and make his book about finding your inner self through solitude, which makes a good story, but he seems to incorporate it into every book he writes. I felt the book was very predictable and bland, it never really had me on the edge of my seat. I also felt that it ended too early and that about three more chapters were missing from the book. I had unanswered questions about the book when it ended. My favorite character was actually Russell’s father. He seemed like a good man. I am disappointed that he was not incorporated more deeply into the book, for he seemed very interesting and would have made a good character. My favorite quote from the book was on page 176: “See my dogs in the steam, in the steam of my life. They are me.” I like this quote because it explains how important the dogs really are to Russell and how important they are to the overall operation.
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This book is amazing!
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An absolute classic. All of Gary Paulsen's characters and stories of outdoor adventure are remarkable. A great read for any age.
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I think the book is really cool and the adventures that Russel face.the book makes you want to know what will happen next.
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Newbery Learn about different culture in this book. A boy name Russell learns from Oogruk, his father friend, on how to hunt caribou, seal, and birds. He also learns that there are songs for everything. One other thing that Russell has to work on is to trust with the team of 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. Gary Paulsen was born in 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1966, his first book was published, The Special War. Paulsen lives in La Luz, New Mexico with his wife, Ruth, an artist. Bibliography Paulsen, Gary. Dogsong. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1985.
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i thought this book was just right. I would recommend it to any adventure light people
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Gary Paulson's Dogsong is a pretty good book. I think it deserves a big four stars. It has a huge amount of adventure, with Russel trying to find his 'song'. I think it's a pretty good one to read with kids in the 7-8th grade. Dogsong is definitley something I'd pass on to another person. I'd recommend it to somebody into indian folklore and a hig reading level.
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The only reason I'm rating it five cause, what else am i to rate>? I'm wondering if i should read it or not, is it a good book? whats it about? any blood? any gore? if you are gonna
answer all my questions then, if you do then at the beginning of your "review", say, answer to number 12
its just something random :)
is there any gore? is it about what kind of boy? what age? any family? anyone dies? any sex or something like that? any kissing? and fighting/? anything instructing for a nine year old girl
who loved Eragon and Percy Jackson and all of James Pattersons books, and Divergent and wants to read the Hungergames. and just absolutely wanna read and read some more!
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This book was really good and I loved reading it for a book report at school! It was kinda slow at first and i didn't really get it but after a couple chapters I loved it!
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Is this a good book
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Reply to #3 this book was kind of easy to follow along with. Survival and solitude. I like that about gary paulson and it makes it feel kind of ... familiar.
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this book is a amazing book I think you should get it some day!
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Book Review Outline
Book title and author: Dog song by Gary Paulsen
Title of review: David's review of sweetness!
Number of stars (1 to 5):
This book is about a kid who grows up to be a man by going out to the country. This book is meant to entertain you and teach you about growing up. I thought this book was very interesting.
This book was full of surprises. Its author is Gary Paulsen. The book is about a boy named Russell who was a normal kid who moved in with a wise old man named Oogrok. He taught him how to hunt and drive a dog team. One day they went out on a sled ride together and Oogrok told Russell to leave him behind and go out to the country. So Russell left Oogrok and he died. Russell then went out to the country and survived with his dogs. He then met a pregnant girl and she lived with him for a while. Then she got very sick, and Russell took her to the nearest village to go to a hospital.
The story's plot has a lot of main events. There are 3 main characters. They are Russell, Oogrok, and the girl who lives with Russell at the end of the story. The theme of the story is about growing up. The style of the book is realistic fiction. The setting of the book is present time in Oogroks house and in the arctic.
I liked reading this book. The main thing I liked about this book was the surprises. I also liked how after you read a chapter, the author made it suspicious so you wanted to read more. When Russell firsts moves in with Oogrok the story starts to get good. Then when he goes out into the country the story really kicks off. Then when he finds the girl the story then ends. I would recommend this book to young teenagers.
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A boy ants to bring back the old ways to the village. But it is said that you go to hell if you do. I reccomend this book for people who like dogs and adventure.
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Want to read about an fourteen year old Eskimo who sled races across Alaska?Russell Susskit is the boy you¿re looking for! Of course, he¿ll have to break in the dogs, brave the elements, and pray he doesn¿t starve to death or get killed by caribou. To win this race, he¿ll have to draw from the strength of his people to become a true leader¿.a pack leader. If for no other reason than to save the girl that fate has put onto his sled.Gary Paulson¿s done it again! His tale of bravery in the face of nature will awe any young mind. Especially your male students. There¿s no better way to introduce them to literature than to get their adrenaline pumping with this story of survival!
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Russel learns the ways of the olden times and sets off to find his own song. On his way, he keeps having dreams of the older version of himself and meets a prengant girl half dead, and set off to the north pole.
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Russel is a young man who sees his people are estranged from their Eskimo culture. He makes his way to Oogruk, an Eskimo shaman and wise man. Oogruk teaches Russel how to hunt and how to survive and sends him off on his own to test his abilities. This is what our young men are seeking, I think, even in America today¿a way to connect with their elders and learn to make it on their own¿heroism¿adventure¿sacrifice.
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Native Alaskan Russel Susskit hates waking up in the morning to the sound of his father's coughing and snowmobiles starting up. Oogruk, the shaman, has the last dog team in the village. Driven by a strange, powerfuld dream of a long-ago self, Russel and the dogs set out on a journey of self-discovery. Bundle up warm and had a hot drink beside you as you read this tale of the Arctic cold.
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Dogsong is a powerful, coming of age adventure. Paulsen clearly depicts the conflict that Russel Susskit feels as he is seeking balance between the modern world and the traditional world. The reader is able to picture the barren, cold environment of the far north. The struggle to survive alone in this harsh environment is well detailed. The hunts are well documented and easily understood by readers with little or no experience with hunting. The story moves slowly as Russel tries to understand his place in the song. It bothered me that Paulsen chose to use the term Eskimo instead of Inuit.
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One of my favorutes
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