Incident at Hawk's Hill

by Allan W. Eckert

Other authorsJohn Schoenherr

Paperback, 1971

Status

Checked out

Due 2024-04-20

Series

Hawk's Hill (1)

Collection

chapter books

Publication

Boston : Little, Brown, [1995], c1971.

Description

A shy, lonely six-year-old wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends a summer under the protection of a badger.

User reviews

LibraryThing member bbellthom

This book was ok. It’s a partially true story that tells of Ben McDonald, a small boy who has a great love and understanding of animals. One day he wanders too far from home and becomes lost. He takes shelter in a Badger hole and befriends a badger who has just lost her mate and litter due to a

trapper. This part of the story becomes hard to believe, Ben and the badger share food and shelter. It went into a little too much detail for me about the types of food they shared. After spending several weeks with the badger he is found by his brother but at this point Ben is more animal like then human and has hard time accepting his life, but with the help of the badger he reunites with his family.

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LibraryThing member satyridae

First re-read of this since I was a kid. I loved it with my whole heart then, and was relieved to find that I still love it.

This story, allegedly based on a true incident, is about a boy who lives with a badger for a period of time. The natural history details are glorious- everything you ever

wanted to know about badgers, their habits, their diets, and their vocalizations! The story itself is good, though a touch on the melodramatic side.

Recommended for natural history people and animal lovers with a high tolerance for exhaustively detailed descriptions of the omnivorous badger's diet (which included lots of cute furry things).

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LibraryThing member KristinPetersMoreno

Chapter book: Ben is a six year old extremely curious little boy is highly misunderstood by the majority of the people around him. He spends most of his time learning about animals and mimicking their sounds and actions. One day while wandering too far, and then being chased by a thunderstorm finds

himself an extremely lost little boy. His family and friends search for him without a trace. Ben seeks survival from a female badger.

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