The Fear Place
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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When he and his older brother Gordon are left camping alone in the Rocky Mountains, twelve-year-old Doug faces his fear of heights and his feelings about Gordon--with the help of a cougar.Tags
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When a family goes into the mountains for research (for the parents’ job), two boys are left alone due a death in the family. When the parents are gone, the children find themselves in trouble and one must face his fears to save his brother.
This book took me back to the adventures I often dreamt about when I was younger. I was always hiking through the woods with my cousins and nature watching and this book took me to a place I have never been: the mountains of Colorado. I intensely read the book and put myself in the shoes of the two boys. Their fear seemed real as did their admiration and courage.
This would be a book to consider reading as a class as the level seems appropriate for a fourth grade classroom. Students could analyze show more the setting, characters, rise, climax and resolution of the story quite easily. It is also a fairly quick read. show less
This book took me back to the adventures I often dreamt about when I was younger. I was always hiking through the woods with my cousins and nature watching and this book took me to a place I have never been: the mountains of Colorado. I intensely read the book and put myself in the shoes of the two boys. Their fear seemed real as did their admiration and courage.
This would be a book to consider reading as a class as the level seems appropriate for a fourth grade classroom. Students could analyze show more the setting, characters, rise, climax and resolution of the story quite easily. It is also a fairly quick read. show less
this book is about a boy who is going on a famiely trip and before they leave his brother gets into trouble and he needs help from his brother so his brother comes to save him before the famiely trip.on the airplane the older brother dont know where he wants to sit and he keeps walking around and him mom tells him to sit down alredy because it was makeing her mad.
my opinion on this book is that it was an ok book it was just very weiod at frist and the setting changes to quick and i kinda got confused at points but it was a ok book
my opinion on this book is that it was an ok book it was just very weiod at frist and the setting changes to quick and i kinda got confused at points but it was a ok book
Old Children's Book. Liked it as a kid, but haven't read it in years.
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Newbery Medalist Reynolds (Shiloh) presents a solid action story, tense and involving although it does play out somewhat predictably.
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Survival, camping -- children's/young adult fiction
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor was born in Anderson, Indiana on January 4, 1933. She received a bachelor's degree from American University in 1963. Her first children's book, The Galloping Goat and Other Stories, was published in 1965. She has written more than 135 children and young adult books including Witch's Sister, The Witch Returns, The Bodies in show more the Bessledorf Hotel, A String of Chances, The Keeper, Walker's Crossing, Bernie Magruder and the Bats in the Belfry, Please Do Feed the Bears, and The Agony of Alice, which was the first book in the Alice series. She has received several awards including the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Night Cry and the Newberry Award for Shiloh. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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