Robinhound Crusoe (The Adventures of Wishbone)
by Caroline Leavitt
The Adventures of Wishbone (4), Wishbone (Book Series) (Adventures)
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As he and Joe try to get to the eight-grade basketball game in time, Wishbone the dog imagines himself as Robinson Crusoe, the sole survivor of a shipwreck who lived on a deserted island for nearly thirty years.Tags
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I really got into this book. I think I'm going through a second childhood. I was interested in learning if Joe would make it to his game on time. And I love the way it is interwoven with Robinson Crusoe.
First of all I never read Robinson Crusoe nor did I get a chance to see this actual episode if it was one. If I get the chance will I read the whole book or another version like an Illustrated Classic? Truthfully I cannot say since there was too much similarities with this particular book and "Swiss Family Robinson", which I do enjoy.
The actual reading of the Wishbone story is easy to understand but doesn't have the exact Wishbone flair that I am used to. Although Wishbone was his normal personality-style and cute Joe is a secondary character made first while it doesn't do the story any good. His own adventures made it flat while I felt that the story didn't end right.
The story may be a good one for younger audiences or other more show more lenient Wishbone fans but for me it fell flat. Not as bad as the super mystery I read but not as good as Wishbone Classics "Romeo & Juliet". show less
The actual reading of the Wishbone story is easy to understand but doesn't have the exact Wishbone flair that I am used to. Although Wishbone was his normal personality-style and cute Joe is a secondary character made first while it doesn't do the story any good. His own adventures made it flat while I felt that the story didn't end right.
The story may be a good one for younger audiences or other more show more lenient Wishbone fans but for me it fell flat. Not as bad as the super mystery I read but not as good as Wishbone Classics "Romeo & Juliet". show less
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Author Information
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Caroline Leavitt has written several books including Girls in Trouble, Coming Back to Me, Living Other Lives, Family, Jealousies, Lifelines and Pictures of You. She won First Prize in Redbook Magazine's Young Writers Contest for her short story, Meeting Rozzy Halfway, which grew into the novel and the 1990 New York Foundation of the Arts Award for show more Fiction for Into Thin Air. Her essays, stories, and articles have appeared in numerous publications including New York magazine, Psychology Today, Parenting, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, and The Washington Post. She is a book critic for The Boston Globe and People and a writing instructor at UCLA online. Leavitt is the author of the bestseller, It this Tomorrow. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Robinhound Crusoe (The Adventures of Wishbone) (The Adventures of Wishbone)
- Original publication date
- 1997
- People/Characters
- Wishbone (Robinson Crusoe); Robinson Crusoe (Wishbone); Friday
- Important places
- Oakdale, Texas, USA; Texas, USA; Island of Despair
- Important events
- 17th century; Stuart Era; Stuart Restoration
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Statistics
- Members
- 371
- Popularity
- 84,220
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.60)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 3
