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Title: The Broken Blade (Fiction) by William Durbin ISBN: 0-440-41184-X Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.45 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A terrific read
Comment: This is a terrific book which combines rapid action and adventure with solid historical research. You acutally feel like you're paddling along with the voyageurs as they are shooting rapids, fighting storms, and trading with the Ojibwa Indidans. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking to take a trip into a vital and exciting period of our history.
Rating: 5
Summary: For students and teachers alike
Comment: I'm a teacher and a parent who is always looking for books which are appropriate and interesting to middle grade students. THE BROKEN BLADE is one of those rare titles that I enjoyed just as much as my students did. The 2,400 mile canoe journey of the main character, Pierre, is described in such a way that the reader actually feels he/she is paddling along with the crew. The landscape, the river, the interaction with the Lake Superior Ojibwe, and Pierre's fellow voyageurs, who are a rowdy and a very real bunch, are vividly depicted, and they all help bring this nineteenth century story to life. My students and I have decided that we want to read more about the voyageur period, and the first book on our list is WINTERING, the companion to this story.
Rating: 4
Summary: a fun read
Comment: The title of the book I just read was Broken Blade it was written by William Durbin. It was published in 1999. The setting was on Lake Huron in Canada, around 1800. The main character is Pierre, along with Beloit and La Petite. The important point is that the only reason Pierre is on the river is because his dad cut off his thumb. The one part of the book that I did not expect is that Pierre is only 13 and is very well educated. I would recommend this book because is is fun and had a lot of adventure.
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Title: Wintering by WILLIAM DURBIN ISBN: 0440227593 Publisher: Yearling Pub. Date: 12 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Blackwater Ben by WILLIAM DURBIN ISBN: 0385729286 Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books Pub. Date: 11 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker (My Name Is America) by William Durbin ISBN: 0439049946 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: With Pipe, Paddle and Song: A Story of the French-Canadian Voyageurs by Elizabeth Yates ISBN: 188393737X Publisher: Bethlehem Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Brian's Hunt by GARY PAULSEN ISBN: 0385746474 Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books Pub. Date: 23 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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