Bearstone

by Will Hobbs

Paperback, 1991

Status

Available

Local notes

PB Hob

Barcode

959

Publication

HarperColl (1991), 160 pages

Description

A troubled Indian boy goes to live with an elderly rancher whose caring ways help the boy become a man.

Awards

Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 1992)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 1992)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 4-8 — 1993)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 1996)
Reading the West Book Award (Winner — Children's — 1990)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1990)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

160 p.; 5.25 inches

User reviews

LibraryThing member laf
I listened to a book called Bearstone by Will Hobbs. It was OK, I guess....

It's about a boy who stays with an old man and finds a carved stone in the shape of a bear in a Native American cliff tomb! I think the main intent is that revenge is bad. I think that because when he cut down the old man's
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plum trees, he got to go home. Plus, he said so.

I don't really recommend this book. It put me to sleep.
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Pages

160

Rating

(24 ratings; 3.2)
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