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Bearstone

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Cloyd Atcitty has a problem. His poor attitude and rebellious nature have contributed to school and tribal expulsion for this Native American boy. When he is sent by his tribe to live in Colorado, however, a new chance at life unfolds. It remains to be seen whether he can control his impulsive actions enough to make a new beginning.

During the time he spends with an elderly white rancher, Cloyd exhibits positive and negative personality traits. The reader has insight into Cloyd's thoughts, especially the fears he carefully hides from others. Some fascinating Native American traits are brought forth, for example, the practice of pointing with the lips instead of the finger or hand (rude).

As an adult reading Bearstone, I often felt frustrated with Cloyd's character because he was immature and reactionary. The scene that describes Cloyd's petulant destruction of twenty-two of the rancher's peach trees by chainsaw was particularly infuriating. If this was real life and I was the rancher, I would have gladly sent Cloyd home never to return. In the book, Cloyd does get sent back to the reservation, but he returns, apologizes, and is accepted back by the rancher. This had to happen for the rest of Cloyd's personal growth to occur, but I felt it stretched the believability of the book.

Despite this, I felt warmth toward this story, perhaps because Cloyd's character was significantly flawed yet lovable. The description of the Colorado Rockies was beautifully rendered. Several hunting scenes were graphic, but necessarily so to convey their impact on the peaceful Cloyd. This depiction was in stereotypical keeping with the view of Native Americans as nature worshipping sages, yet it was not insulting.

Bearstone was written in 1989, before the term `Indian' was viewed as politically incorrect.

Bearstone
By Will Hobbs
Published by Avon Camelot
Copyrighted in 1989

The main character name is Cloyd. The goal of the Cloyd was to have a home. The old man's love helped the character find his goal. The outcome is that the Cloyd start to live with the old man.
The setting is in Utah, on a mountain near the old man's ranch. It is true to life.
Cloyd is a person that likes to keep thing to himself. He can sometime get really mad that he decides to run away.
The old man was in a mine, on the trip to the mountain, looking for gold, in the mine called The Pride of the West. He was mining gold by using dynamites to blow up some of the cave and searching through the loose dirt and rock for ores. When the dynamite blew up, he would run out of the cave yelling, "Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole."
Read Bearstone and other book written by Will Hobbs, I highly recomend these books.

This book really put the fact that being alone is not a good idea into perspective. The book did have somewhat of a dramatic plot. It was like a heartrate line, the suspense came and went throughout the book. The characters were beyond realistic. Cloyd had a problem with the red-haired man, just like people have problems with other people in the world. This book also had a real place as the setting which was very neat! The book showed that "If you put your mind to it, you can do anything". This statement is true because Cloyd wanted so badly to climb the Rio Grande and he ..............................WAIT why would I tell you?

You'll just have to read it to find out!

This is a pretty good book. The two main characters in the book are Cloyd Atcitty and Walter Landis, an old farmer. This book is about a 14 year old boy named Cloyd who is part of a Native American tribe called the Utes. Cloyd isn't a very intelligent boy because he has been skipping school for years. Cloyd has been sent to Walter in Colorado to help him do some chores. The conflict in this book is between Walter and Cloyd; Cloyd finds out that Walter has some friends who hunt bears. Once Cloyd finds out about Walter's friends, he destroys a part of Walter's farm. The setting of the story is around an isolated farm in Colorado. Near this farm Cloyd fines a turquoise stone in a cave up high in the mountains, it's a carving of a bear. The Utes have a special relationship with bears so this stone is a very special to Cloyd.
This book has an action and adventure genre. Bearstone is for those readers who like to read a book about a boy who goes to the mountains alone, and goes to a gold mine with a friend. I think this book has a good story line and readers won't get lost while reading it. Readers of 9 and up will enjoy this book.

Bearstone is about a boy named Cloyd who goes to live with an elderly man named Walter. On one of his adventures he finds the turquoise stone that represent a bear. The bear stone reflected on how he acted throughout the book. For example he cut Walter's peach trees to the middle so they would die slowly.
The first couple of chapters were pretty boring, but keep reading and it will get a lot better. Read Bearstone to find out about Cloyd and Walter's life.

I enjoyed Bearstone and Beardance very much. The stories have great characters who have realistic wants, needs and life to deal with. Cloyd and Walter are both in need of healing and are both doing the best they can.

What made these stories stand out is the bearstone. How it is woven through Cloyd's life and those he loves as a symbol of healing and strength. Also how the bearstone is linked through a circle of life and death by how it is first discovered.

I loved the atmosphere of these stories and the love of wilderness that permeates them. Good reading. I'm getting them now for my cousin to celebrate his birthday.

I first read this book at the age of 10,and 5 years later I still remember it fondly. Since I'm part Indian myself,Cloyd's(weird name)story appealed to me. Hobbs helped me understand his feelings,his rough life in foster homes,and his temper flare-ups. Cloyd's identification with the powerful bear can inspire other alienated kids to cope with problems this way. I even have a turquoise bearstone like the one in the book(that was one reason I purchased the fetish). Soon,I'll buy the book as well,and the sequel. I highly reccomend this novel,and I reserve that phrase only for especially great books.

In the book the kid is having trouble in school and many people in real life have this problem and the kid really is homesick and this kid is going through his teen years and is having a lot of trouble with getting along with the old man. Even though I have not finished the book I thought that so far it is pretty good. The reason I gave it four stars is because it was not to good at the begining it just did not catch me.

It was new as promise. It can only 2 days after I order it! I was very happy w/everything!

A half Ute , half Navajo is wild and alone.
School has failed and his relatives are failing him.
He just in time finds an old man to father him.
It is a rough story and the boy who calls himself lone bear
because of a blue stone he found in an burial cave of the ancient ones.
A story or redemption and friendship that grows to love.
Very well written and with mining and hunting,
besides horses and ranching.
Peach trees growing where they aren't supposed to be able to...