Tracker
by Gary Paulsen
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Author: Gary PaulsenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-26
ISBN: 1416939407
Number of pages: 96
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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- ISBN13: 9781416939405
- Condition: New
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Book Review: LOVED this Book -- "Tracker" is a Gem
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been reading Gary Paulsen and liking his books, but this one... this one blows me away. It is just so good.
Tracker is a brief but stunning narrative about death and life, of coming to grips with the way things are. It's the story about a young teen, John, who lives with his grandmother and grandfather on a farm that has been in their family for generations. Like many of us John wants his life to remain stagnant, unchanging. But his grandfather has cancer. And he has been given less than a year to live.
It is with all of this emotional baggage that he heads out alone to hunt deer on the first day of the Hunting Season. It is the first time that he goes by himself, and the ensuing story brought me to tears.
Talking Points:::
Don't rely on my inability to do justice to this fine book. It's less than 100 pages long so read it!
The setting is in the near past, where hand pumps were still used indoors, and where wood heated homes on some farms in the U.S.
I highly recommend this book for the home shelves. It is absolutely the sort of book that you could read every decade only to find yourself discovering a new layer to think about.
That said, it's not a book I would necessarily recommend to kids or even some young adults. In my opinion, it's been mislabeled and should be listed as fiction for adults.
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Summary of Tracker
For John Borne's family, hunting has nothing to do with sport or manliness. It's a matter of survival. Every fall John and his grandfather go off into the woods to shoot the deer that puts meat on the table over the long Minnesota winter.But this year John's grandfather is dying, and John must hunt alone. John tracks a doe for two days, but as he closes in on his prey, he realizes he cannot shoot her. For John, the hunt is no longer about killing, but about life.
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