City of the Beasts
by Isabel Allende
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Author: Isabel AllendeTranslator: Margaret Sayers Peden
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004
ISBN: 0060535032
Number of pages: 406
Publisher: Harper Trophy
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Book Review: A high school student's review
Summary: 4 Stars
My name is Chi-Chin W. And I'm a high school student. As our teacher assigned us to read this book in our book club, I found out it is a interesting book for me. This book take place in the dangerous Amazonian rain forest, this is a story of a 15-year-old Alexander Cold and 12-year-old Nadia Santos. While Alex's mother is in Texas for chemotherapy treatment, Alex is spending the summer with his emotionally distant grandmother, who has been hired to find and write an article in the ''Beasts'' that has been terrorizing the jungle. For some events Alex and Nadia become good friends, and together discover their own inner strenghts through visions and shamanic journeys with the local tribe. The plot is as thick as its jungle settings. There are dangers such as the terrifying humanoid Beast that kills with huge claws...Through out the book, Alexander and Nadia learn about in both of their inter self and to explore their weakness.
Nadia improves her weakness by achieving the trip up the water full, and also she find out that her animal spirit is an eagle.
Alex improves his weakness being brave and hero tic. From the beginning of the book, that he had a conflicts with his mother even all of his family. And until he had conflicts with his grandmother Kate, and to he joins the group of people finding the beasts in the Amazon rainforest. He is really trying hard to be brave, and he really does. There are conflicts between the main character, Alex and his family. Alex's mother, Lisa, who is very sick by getting cancer, after Lisa is sick Alex feel his family, is falling apart. Because Alex really loves his mother, while he went to the jungle, he went by himself to find a magical healing medicine for his mom.And I also enjoy this part. Readers can see how Alex think family is important for him.And how much he loves his mother.
This is a story showing struggles between goods and evils in human life and also filled eith surprised and adventure. This book may make people who loves adventure being interested.
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