Book description a dramatic tale of grizzlies and gold fourteenyearold cloyd atcitty has been skipping school for years. Susan, cloyds social workerhousemother, is the only female with any real involvement in cloyds life, especially since he is separated from his grandmother, but she is strictly a secondary character. Freebooknotes found 4 sites with book summaries or analysis of bearstone. Cloyd likes walter, but when a group of hunters visits walter, cloyd decides that the hunters are walters real friends and that.
As such it follows the pattern of most rite of passage novels. This book has won the ala best book for young adults award in 1994. Knowing that his people, the utes, have a special relationship with bears, he decides to keep the small stone in hopes it will bring him strength. Thompson and dorothy sluss will hobbs bearstone is one of the finest young adult novels available for students to read, and it has won numerous awards, from being selected as an ala best book for young adults to being an iracbc teachers choice book. Includes 46 questions per chapter, enchinchment activity, vocabulary, and art. Will hobbs is the author of seventeen novels for upper elementary, middle school and young adult readers, as well as two picture book stories. You can customize the printable with the options shown below, or you can just click the build printable button to create it now. Bearstone features just a few characters, and only two are really important. Beginning at the bottom left of the page, students will number each major event in the literary work and write a short description of the event. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Hobbs combines dramatic wilderness adventure with themes of courage, forgiveness, loyalty, and love. Alan v27n2 a critical approach to will hobbs bearstone. Knowing that his people, the utes, have a special relationship with bears, he keeps the small stone, hoping it will bring him strength. Scroll to the link at the bottom for a 22page study guide, including biography and a. It also includes grizzly bears, hunters, an old miner, and one adventurous teenager. Bearstone by will hobbs book cover, description, publication history. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Free bearstone worksheets and literature unit for teachers. Hes run away from a group home for native american boys, and is now being sent to work for walter landis, an old rancher on an isolated colorado farm. Bearstone by will hobbs questions flashcards quizlet.
While hiking in the cliffs above walters ranch, cloyd discovers a turquoise bearstone in an ancient burial. Bearstone is a frustrating book not only because of will hobbs white fantasies about indian exoticism, or because of his offensive, stereotypical depictions of much of his subject matter. Bearstone novel study guide section 1 chapter 16 will hobbs. Bearstone book by will hobbs official publisher page. Cloyd does not know how to feel about his relationship with his father cloyd does not know weather to go home or not walter does not. Cloyd is then sent to live with walter, an old man who lives on the mountain by himself. Seven of his novels have been chosen by the american library association as best books for young adults. If there is a bearstone sparknotes, shmoop guide, or cliff notes, you can find a link to each study guide below. Bearstone by will hobbs meet your next favorite book.
This 4 page study guide includes questions for the first 6 chapters of the novel. Bearstone, by will hobbs is an action adventure book with an easy to follow plot. In a risky operation, two crooksforhire rob an atlantic city casino. This worksheet has a staircase pattern that moves from the bottom left to the upper right of the paper. Among the summaries and analysis available for bearstone, there are 1.
The book holds your attention the entire way through, and some readers wound up crying at the end of the story. Get an answer for in the book bearstone, who is the guy who kills the grizzly bear illegally. Bearstone by will hobbs and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Hes run away from a group home for native american boys. See the complete bearstone series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.
Ghostman is the first book in the jack white series by roger hobbs. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Notable childrens trade book in the field of social studies ncsscbc winner. Ever since, will has been closely following what scientists and native hunters are reporting about climate change in the arctic. Bearstone by will hobbs read by george guidall audiobook.
Bearstone book report form pdf file customize the bearstone book report bearstone. I n this awardwinning adventure set along colorados continental divide, 14yearold cloyd atcitty is sent to work for an old rancher named walter. With the reading and questions in this study guide i would allow a week to co. Bearstone and far north by will hobbs in bearstone, cloyd is a troubled teenager. As this highadventure sequel to bearstone opens, cloyd atcitty and his rancher friend walter are riding once more into the mountains, this time chasing the old mans dream of finding a lost spanish gold mine. Bearstone is the first novel in the bearstone series, which was released in the year 1989. Bearstone book by will hobbs official publisher page simon. Bearstone plot graph will hobbs by novels and stories. It has many exciting parts and it has only a bit of violence. At the start of bearstone, cloyd runs away from eaglewing, a ute group home, to track down the father he never knew, leeno atcitty.
In a cave above the ranch, cloyd finds a turquoise carving of a bear. His picture book, beardream, illustrated by jill kastner, is a companion to these novels. Will hobbs is the awardwinning author of many popular adventure stories for young readers, including bearstone and beardance. Study guide to go with the novel bearstone by will hobbs. The bearstone book series by will hobbs includes books bearstone and beardance. But the report of a mother grizzly with cubs sets cloyd dreaming of grizzlies, not gold. While hiking in the cliffs above walters ranch, cloyd discovers a turquoise. Seven of his novels, bearstone, downriver, the big wander, beardance, far north, the maze, and jasons gold, were named best books for young adults by the american library association. Knowing that his people, the utes, have a special relationship with bears, he decides to keep the small stone in hopes it will bring him. Memo and roy go out for a drive in his new car, and roy thinks they might have run over a boy and his. It starts off with cloyd atcitty, separated from his dad at birth. Bearstone bearstone, will hobbs a synopsis of the story appears at the top of this page. Read bearstone online by will hobbs books free 30day trial. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards.
The author tells a story of cloyd, a ute indian, who sets out on a. Bearstone is an iracbc teachers choice book, and a notable childrens trade book in the field of social studies. Hes from some unnamed rural town out west and hasnt been anywhere else except boise and portland. Up in the high country cloyd meets a remarkable woman named ursa, a grizzly expert who is out. A dramatic tale of grizzlies and gold fourteenyearold cloyd atcitty has. Bearstone overview will hobbs this study guide consists of approximately 11 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of bearstone. Bearstone bearstone is a good book for thirdfifth grade boys. The book far north is a great book that, if you like the outdoors or you want to know how to survive in the wilderness, you should read it. An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. A critical approach to will hobbs bearstone from a play perspective edgar h.
A graduate of stanford university and former language arts teacher. The book is also troublesome because it actually raises real issues that american indian youth and their communities experience, but it does not offer any. Cloyd finds leeno in a hospital hooked to life support. From the window of the small floatplane, fifteenyearold gabe rogers is getting his first look at canadas magnificent northwest territories with raymond providence, his roommate from boarding school. A dramatic tale of grizzlies and gold fourteenyearold cloyd atcitty has been skipping school for years. See the progress your students make while they are reading. Cloyd and walter argue cloyd stresses about the fence cloyd cuts logs cloyd dislikes rusty bearstone by. We love the book, but when we look at it critically, there is a.
It includes places like pride of the west, durango and rio grande pyramid. Veteran narrator george guidall masterfully grasps will hobbs awardwinning story. The team celebrates roy hobbs day, and he gets a new car. What is the ending to the book bearstone by will hobbs. Read bearstone by will hobbs for free with a 30 day free trial. Will hobbs does a great job of making you like certain characters and not like others. A graduate of stanford university and former language arts teacher, he. Hobbs was born in callahan county, texas, about 40 miles from abilene, the first son in a family of eight surviving children of a.
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