Beardance

If you like the outdoors, then you will love Beardance. The book takes place in the wilderness of Colorado. The Weminuche Wilderness. When I was reading this book, I was sad, fascinated and surprised. The book had some gory parts in it, that is what made it surprising. Some parts in the book made me fill like I was actually there in the wild with the grizzly bears. The characters remind me of my Grandpa and I because I used to always go camping, when I had the chance, with my grandfather, especially in Colorado. The characters in this book are Cloyd; he's the boy living on a farm with his grandpa. The other character is Walter Ladis, the old guy with the cowboy hat. Irsa is the girl that they call the grizzly woman because she knows a whole lot about grizzly bears. ` He had a sensation that he was moving on four legs.'' When he looked around behind him, he noticed his tracks, and they were bear tracks.'

Will Hobbs has an amazing way of taking the reader inside the book and planting him in the middle of the mountains along with Cloyd. I thought Bearstone was excellent; but it doesn't compare to this one. To think of a young boy devoting his life to keeping the bear cubs alive is awesome. My students loved Far North and will probably love this one even more. I highly recommend all of Hobb's books to my reading students. So far, none of the books have failed to be an instant hit. This one will be the next. I can't wait to read any new ones he writes; he just doesn't write fast enough.

Beardance is a book you just don't put it down until you finish it. On a scale from 1-5, I would rate this book a four and a half because, it teaches children and adults about things that if you put your mind to something and you have enough determination, you can get anything done. Cloyd goes back to the mountains with the old man to find more grizzly bears in Colorado. He finds two little cuds and the Fish and Wildlife Department take them away. It wasn't easy for Cloyd to try to save them. I admire him for trying to save his little friends. I was reading this book for language arts class and I encourage any student or adult to read Will Hobb's works because they are very interesting and exciting. I recomended this book to anyone who likes grizzly bears or the mountains.

I read this book because I enjoyed another book by the same author(Far North) and I was curious about his other books. I found Beardance to be even better. Even though I haven't read Bearstone, I now want to because of the excellence of this one. Will Hobbs' books are always realistic, enjoyable, and easy to picture. I am looking forward to reading Bearstone now.

Beardance is a book you just don't put down until you finished it. It is a wonderful book, which teaches children (and adults!) in a very careful way about spirituality, determination, endurance and love for animals. The description of the San Juans/Colorado just makes you longing to go there. The insight in the problem of endangered species lets you think about standing up for the rights of all the animals and the power of this little Ute boy, shows you your own whimsiness. I am 43 and love this childrens book, my daughter (10) reads ist right now and my husband is going to read it next. Snuggle up in front of your fireplace and give free range to your imagination.