Canyons
by Gary Paulsen
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Author: Gary PaulsenEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1991-08-01
ISBN: 0440210232
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
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Book Review: "Canons," is about a teen age boy who lives with his mother.
Summary: 4 Stars
"Canyons," is about a teen age boy, Brennan, who lives in a broken home with his mother in EL Paso, Texas. Brennan loves to run for the sake of running. Unlike many other books, the secrets are all revealed to the reader in the beginning. We follow Brennan as he goes along tying to understand the strange things that happen to him after a camping trip to a canyon. He finds a small human skull with two holes in it. The skull, which he takes back to his house, seems to have a power over him. It makes him dream parts of the story which was revealed to the reader through the first nine chapters. For some reason he can't bring himself to report it to anyone. He tries to find out more about the skull through one of his teachers, John Homesley. The two of them had developed a kind of friendship over time. Homesley was a biology teacher and a medic in Vietnam so when Brennan showed him the skull he was able to tell that the holes where from a bullet, but that was all he knew. Homesley had a friend who Brennan and Homesley paid a visit. He guessed a lot, but knew that the skull belonged to a young Native American boy, who was shot in the head at a very close range with a large caliber rife which American soldiers used in the late 1800's... To find out the rest, read the book. This good book has a very addictive beginning, so it is easy to get into without have to go through 30 or 40 pages of filler. It is set up so you're reading two stories at the same time which makes it even more interesting. I recommend this book to anyone who likes a good adventure, and especially to those who have an interest in American history. It's a consistently good book.
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