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Summary: not great but good.......
Review: I've never read anything quite like this and I read a lot of historical fiction. It was pretty good. The beginning was a little boring, and a little slow. I felt like.....and the stuff on the back of the book comes into this plot when????????. It goes into a lot of background info on the family and stuff that maybe should have been shortened a little, although I see why it couldn't have been left completely out. The girl learning to live in the cave alone was really good. Today, we wouldn't likely have to do that. She had to hunt, keep warm, make a home for herself in a time when mostly the men did all that and I found that very interesting. The historical part was really good, but I don't want to give too much away. I think it's for very good readers or at least 8th graders because there are some parts that are a little graphic like the details of tarring and feathering a person and the killing the animals that might disturb younger readers. I think that could have been tempered a little. Too much info...you know? You probably need a good sense of historical terms because there are a lot of words like "lobsterbacks" and "Tories" that you need to know who they are. All in all, it was a pretty good book, but I was in 8th grade when I read it. I wouldn't have liked it much in younger grades.
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Summary: Run away Shara
Review: In this book by Scot O, dell, the young woman named Shara bishop had a good family. The only conflict was with her brother and father. Her brother wanted to fight the British for freedom. Her father didn't. But would she think her family would go like there money? As she is charged with a crime she didn't do she takes to the woods. Trusty musket always by her side.
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Summary: Sarah Bishop the runaway girl
Review: In this book by Scott O'Dell, the young woman named Sarah Bishop had a good family. The only conflict was with her brother and father. Her brother wanted to fight the British for freedom. Her father didn't. But would she think her family would dissappear, like their money? When she is charged with a crime she didn't commit she takes to the woods. Her trusty musket always by her side.
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Summary: when you are reading it is great, but you wonder why later
Review: It is a good book with a lot of imagination. The type of adventure I used to play pretend in when I was younger. It seemed amazingly historically acurate. And the characters were real they were not extremely good or bad. And you could see them actually existing. And the words are layed down in such a way that it weaves a beautiful story. However, the fault lies in the plot. While you are reading it the plot seems racing and exciting. You think about it later and realise there isn't a very strong plot but I would not let this discourage from reading the book. It is excellent and what does it matter what you think of it after you are done with the book.
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Summary: it was certainly an interesting book
Review: it was interesting to see how the girl tried to live out in the woods. Be sure to read the book.
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Summary: This book was the worst
Review: It was the most boring book I've ever rea
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Summary: Trapped between Revoluttion and Superstition
Review: O'Dell's YA novel about Sarah Bishop, an English-Colonial girl caught between both sides of the American Revolution, holds the reader's interest from the start. Throughout 41 short chapters with extensive dialogue we share Sarah's shock and dismay as her world is uprooted by dangerous men with fervent principles--and a few who lack principles entirely. Neither patriots nor loyalists behave honorably, while British "justice" in the New World proves a mockery of democratic values. Blamed for a crime of which she is innocent (except for poor judgment), Sarah is forced to flee society; trusting no one she takes refuge in a cave near the Connecticut border. This novel offers all three basic conflicts; man against man; man against Nature and man against God. Eventually Sarah challenges Biblical teaching about forgiveness of one's enemy--with good reasons. Will she ever be reconciled to the loss of her father and brother--torn apart in a civil war under one roof? Whom can she trust during her wilderness odyssey: a trapper, a storekeeper or non-hositle Indians? Quakers who are supposed to act as Friends? Fifteen-year-old Sarah wretstles with serious adult problems as she shuns human society and befriends some wild creatures. But superstition is still rampant in the 1770's; so eventually this kindly girl will be caught up in the hysterial snare and fervent accusations of witchcraft. Is there no one who believes in her innocence on both heinous charges, no one to take her side? The novel leaves the storyline unfinished, so readers must reach or write their own conclusions. This book offers an interesting tale with valuable survival hints, though the plotting is not tightly woven. When will Sarah emerge as a woman who may dwell freely among people, who has come to terms with God?
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Summary: This war victem runs from trouble to trouble
Review: Sara Bishop, a girl who lived during the Reveloutionary War who had life rough after her father, a Tory, was killed being tarred and feathered. Her brother on the other hand, joined the patriots. He was captured and soon died on a prison ship. After being accused of something she didn't even do, Sarah escapes from the British and travels from town to town, tavern to tavern, and torubles to troubles. She finds a cave in the middle of the woods, by a great lake. She runs into people she likes, people she wishes she'd never see again, and more troubles that are life threatening. If I had to read this book again I would for sure.
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Summary: Full of action and adventure
Review: Sara Bishop, a novel by Scott O' Dell. By Ricky Biggs The reason I like this book is that the beginning I thought Sara was weak ,but along the story her skill increases and her stamina along with her knowledge. She comes up against a group of the military soldiers. Sara Bishop must use her knowledge that she learned from them . She finds a hole from the military . She finds some brush to the side of it and she puts the brush on top of the hole . Sara stands across from the hole watching the soldiers fall into it. But my most favorite part in this book is when Sara meets a man that looks exactly like her brother. Most likely Sara tries to see if it was really her brother. The man hasn't noticed her, but he was supposed to inform her that her brother has died in war. Of course ,Sara did not believe that it really happened so Sara continued her quest to find her brother. Sara Bishop, a great novel by Scott O' Dell; it was a terrific book.
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Summary: A Thrilling Novel
Review: Sarah Bishop by Scott O'Dell is a novel told in first person limited point of view during the Revolutionary War by a girl named Sarah. Sarah lives with her father, who is a Tory, and has a brother, Chad, who joined the patriot army. Sarah and her father are among the very few Tories in a Long Island village of patriots. The leading patriots do not like Tories, so they burn Sarah's father's farm and house down. They also kill her father by tar and feathering him. Sarah's story demonstrates how a young girl triumphs over life's many struggles, facing them with bravery and strength.
Sarah requires boldness because she is left to fend for herself. She journeys to seek her brother, who might be a prisoner of war. This voyage takes her from a Long Island country Inn to New York City. There, British officers blame her for setting a fire. Sarah runs away from them to avoid trouble.
During her flight from the British, Sarah continues to encounter new experiences. One time, she buys a rifle from a man at a ferry stop. Sarah never lets it out of her sight and carries it for protection against the British soldiers. After this, Sarah stops in an old-fashioned town called Ridgeford. Here, she hears about a wilderness nearby, and becomes determined to live there. Sarah goes to the natural habitat and turns a cave into her home. She uses survival skills she did not realize she had. Sarah proves her courage while living in the wilderness because she has to adjust to a new life-style. She helps minimize her loneliness by making a white bat and a muskrat her companions.
One day, Sarah goes into town because she needs more gunpowder. A man who sees her thinks Sarah is extremely strange and tells the other townsmen that she is a witch and must be put on trial. During the trial, Sarah only wants to return to her real home in the wild and live the life she now loves.
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