Blood Red Ochre [Import] [Unbound]

Kevin Major (Author)

Product Details

• Unbound: 160 pages
• Publisher: Bantam Books (February 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0770427170
• ISBN-13: 978-0770427177
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,837,289 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Blood Red Ochre was a good book!, December 11, 1999

By 

Sara Inkpen (Clarenville, Newfoundland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Red Ochre (Unbound)

I believe that Kevin Major wrote the novel "Blood Red Ochre" because he wanted to inform people about the Beothuk indians of Newfoundland in an interesting way. The use of parallel narritives in the novel, lets the reader see the story from two very different view points. "Blood Red Ochre" tells the story of David, a teenage boy living in rural Newfoundland, and Daoodaset, a young Beothuk boy who is responsible for helping his starving family survive. Nancy/Shawnadithit is the link between the two stories. Nancy is a girl that David be-friends in school, and Shawnadithit is Daoodaset's one and only love. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, even though the ending was a little confusing. I would recommend it to anyone who may have an interest in this topic, especially teens.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Blood red ochre, December 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Blood Red Ochre (Unbound)

Blood red ochre is a novel by a Newfoundlander, Kevin Major. In this story two young students are writing an assignment on how the Beothuk Indians became extinct. They decided to set out on a canoe trip to Red ochre island, a burial site of the beothuks. In the story, David and Nancy is another story from the past of one of the last beothuks, Dauoodaset, who set out on a journey to collect food for his people. Then when David and Nancy get on the island the present and the past tenses are brought together which creates a disaster. When I finished the book, I thought it was a good story. It was abit confusing at the end but overall it was a good story.I think Kevin Major wrote this story for young adults so they would understand the Beothuks more.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Blood Red Ochre, December 10, 1999

By 

Janine King (Newfoundland, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Red Ochre (Unbound)

I think Kevin Major does a good job of writing the novel Blood Red Ochre. The use of past and present tenses was a little confusing, but he combines present day life, with the story of David, and the past, with the story of Dauoodaset. Overall I think this is a good book. This book is about a young man named David and a young girl named Nancy who are doing a school project on the Beothuk indians. To do this project they visit Red Ochre Island, where they meet a young Beothuk named Dauoodaset, who was sent by his tribe in search of new land and food. When they get to the island Nancy turns out to be Shanawdithit, the last of the Beothuk. I'd reccomend this book to anybody who would like to learn more about the Beothuk indians, and who enjoy a good story, Kevin Major does a good job of combining both. I would also recommend this book to teenagers because it deals with problems that teenagers have to deal with today. It also shows what life was like for the Beothuks.