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Summary: Learning the Navajo ways of Live and Customs
Review: 12 year-old Brandon Rogers' grandpa has to move in with him. At first, what he does is annoying to Brandon but then he starts liking it. Brandon didn't know much about his culture until his grandpa came but then he learned how to race the sun.I didn't like this book because there wasn't any action until the end and there wasn't any suspense. I wouldnt' recommend this book because it was one of the worst books I have ever read.
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Summary: Not a lot of action but a good book
Review: 12 year-old Brandon's grandpa comes to stay with them with a sickness. Brandon's parents say he's only staying a little while. One morning, Brandon's grandpa wakes him up before the sun comes up and brings him outside and tells him to run until the sun comes up and run back to him. Soon Brandon gets interested in the Navajo Indians and their traditions. Then Brandon finds out his grandpa wants to go back to Little Water. Can Brandon help his grandpa get back to Little Water? There was nothing really action and the problem was if Brandon could get his grandpa back to Little Water. They didn't really have the problem involved until the end of the book and in between they didn't talk a lot about it. I would recommend this book to people who dont' like a lot of action.
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Summary: Racing the Sun by James Won
Review: 12-year old Brandon's Grandpa said he was going to come. Brandon was horrified, but then when his Grandpa told him to race the sun and heard him chant at night, Brandon couldn't stand it anymore. But soon Brandon grows to loves his Grandpa. Soon, when he heard that his Grandpa had cancer, and wanted to go back to his homeland, but his parents won't listen, he decides to runaway with his Grandpa.
I think this book was kind of boring then kind of fun. First it was boring, but the middle and the ending was great! Some of the parts were funny (like the part when Brandon called Grandpa a genuine Navajo alarm clock), and some of the parts were sad (like the part when Grandpa died...)
I would reccomend this book to anybody who likes stories that are a little bit funny and sad.
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Summary: Not a bad book!
Review: At first glance this book did not seem very interesting. Once I finished this book and completely enjoyed it. I think that this has a great moral and we need to appreciate life more than we do. The story is about a 12 year old boy named Brandon and his coming to terms with his grandfather's death. He has not had a chance in his life to create a relationship with his grandfather, until he becomes sick and comes to stay with him and his family. Brandon is encouraged to get up each morning and "Race the Sun". He then is able to understand the appreciation of life, and learns to enjoy the moment. Brandon tries to encourage his father, who has become so self-absorbed, to get up and run with him. To no avail does he succeed. This book is a heart-warming novel and leaves you feeling warm and fuzzy
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Summary: Learning the Navajo ways of Live and Customs
Review: Brandon, an ordinary twelve-year-old boy who lives in suburbia has an Indian heritage. Brandon who does not know much about his Navajo background sees a letter sitting on the kitchen table and sees that his grandfather will be coming to their house for the summer. His parents decide that he should sleep in Brandon's room and replace is bed for a bunk bed. Grandpa comes to the home with and Indian smell, He is exhausted from riding so long to the their house. By the next morning before the sun is up, his grandfather wakens Brandon. This is where the teachings of Navajo life begin! Grandpa sends Brandon to race to where the sun comes up, and then race back when the sun peaks over the trees. After that, it makes him feel great. Now he has to "Race the sun" each morning. Next, Grandpa teaches how to plant, where to plant, and what to plant. After a month, Grandpa is sick. Sick of his old age and misses his home and the fresh smells of the sage brush down where he lived. Brandon now cares for his grandfather and wants to take him back down to the reservation. Brand fiqures out a way to run away with his grandfather without anyone knowing it! The rest of the book you will have to read. I give this book *** (3) out of 5 stars. The book was planned well but had a sad ending.
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Summary: wonderful book!
Review: I had to read this book in the fifth grade. This book is very touching. At first I didn't think i'd like it but once i picked it up i couldn't put it down! It's basically about this navajo boy whose grandfather gets taken off the reservation and he has to share a room with him. well, he isn't too crazy about that.his grandfather is all about livinng the navajo ways, but the boy is just being a regular (american) kid. And the title? racing the sun, well i'll have to let you read the book yourself.
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Summary: An ethnic must!
Review: Paul Pitts writes with so many human emotions and images that my fifth grade class of "I don't like to read" students are completely hooked! If you have ever been embarassed by your parents, grandparents, or other ethnic relatives and then realized how beautiful they truely are...maybe felt guilty because of shunning them...this book is a MUST!
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Summary: just finished reading the book
Review: We read this book as part of our summer school curriculum. This is what some of the students had to say: I liked the book because it makes me think about my grandpa that died when I was 7. I am Indian. I liked it because Brandon did not like his grandpa at first, but then he got to know him and liked him. Josh S. - grade 4 I liked the book because Brandon is lucky to have a grandpa that teaches him the old ways. Shesh-ko N. - grade 7 I liked the book because Brandon is being taught all the traditional ways of Navajo. I would like to be taught all the traditional ways of Potawatomi. Ross S. - grade 6
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Summary: Potawatomi Summer School 2000
Review: We read this book as part of our summer school curriculum. This is what some of the students had to say: I liked the book because it makes me think about my grandpa that died when I was 7. I am Indian. I liked it because Brandon did not like his grandpa at first, but then he got to know him and liked him. Josh S. - grade 4 I liked the book because Brandon is lucky to have a grandpa that teaches him the old ways. Shesh-ko N. - grade 7 I liked the book because Brandon is being taught all the traditional ways of Navajo. I would like to be taught all the traditional ways of Potawatomi. Ross S. - grade 6
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