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Escape from Fire Mountain (World of Adventure)

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3 star:		(1)
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Fire Mountain, one in a series of about ten adventure books by Paulsen, is a great way to attract younger and at-risk readers. Each comes with a section at the end on how to survive the situation described in the book (fire, rock climbing, hypothermia etc.) I would definitely recommend this.

Escape from Fire Mountain
...Date Reviewed 9/24/02

The book is called Escape from Fire Mountain and the setting is in a mountainous place. I picked this book because it was very interesting and fun to read. This book is about a girl named Nikki who hears cries for help on a special radio but doesnt hear anyone responding. Nikki then decides to try and help what seems to be 2 kids trapped by smoke and flames. Flames arent the only problem; there are also poachers that have no hesitation of killing them. So all through the rest of the book they are all just trying to out run the poachers. The characters in the story are Nikki, Joe, and Mary.This book teaches us that no matter what kind of trouble someone is in you always try and help them in any situation.

One of my most favorite events in the story is when all the kids were captured Nikki was forced to make a plan to get out of a tent. First she took a key and cut out a hole in the tent to get out. Then she took out all of the bullets out of their guns and then took the keys out of the truck and then through them in the woods. Then they made a run for Nikkis house to take cover. The one quote that I liked the best was when Nikki said to the kids dont worry; well get out of this because it made the kids feel a lot better. The characters that I didnt like were the poachers because the poachers want to kill Joe and Mary.

I like the book because of the way it keeps flowing very nicely, like it doesnt quick change to something different. Im not quite sure what kind of person would like the book, but I am sure that kids within the age of like 10 and like 13 would like the book because of the way it reflects on every day life. I would recommend this book to a classmate because I liked the book and I think that they would to. I think that this book is important to read because it proves that kids can make a difference in the world to, not just adults.

Nikki's mom and dad left to go to town which was very far away. She was home alone for a long time. One day she took a horse ride to a field to look at the rams. Then she heard a gun shot and saw one of the rams fall dead, the poachers came up, got the ram's head and left not knowing they had been watched. She tried to call the sheriff on the C.B. raido. She didnt reach him, but instead heard a little boy crying for help. She went down stream to where boy had described. She found him and his little sister who had a borken leg from the fall. Then the poachers found them and were going to kill them, but she got out of the poacher's tent and messed up their gun and took their only four wheeler.
But you have to be careful you never know what could hapopen next.........

(1) The 10 year old girl,Nikki feeds her horse and heads off to the mountains. She ran up on some poachers and she went back home to call the warden. The phone was down so she tried the CB radio but heard nothing. then she heard someone saying help. She got the location and went to find them. Tere was a fire on the way and she has to escape it.(2) I really enjoyed this book because I like the Outdoors. It takes place in the outdoors. It made me feel like I was in a fire in a forest.(3)I had a connection with this because I have been in a situation where I had to escape a forest fire. I know how she felt.(4) I Think that if you like the outdoors and realistic fiction books you will not be able to put it down. It has a five star rating from me how about you.

I loved this book. It is about a girl named Nicki who goes out on her horse, Goblin, in the mountatins. There is a storm coming and she sees poachers. She goes home to report the poachers but the telephone line is dead. She tries the radio and she hears kids asking for help. She decides to help them. Where they are there is a fire but first she conoes some of the way through a river. Then she helps the children. Then she escapes fire mountain with them.

My teacher is reading this book in school and I love it!! I strongly want you to read this book. It is the best book ever!!!

Theres little girl named Nikki that convinced her mom and dad that she could stay home alone so her parents could go see her Uncle Joe in the hospital.Now theres also these to ohter kids take their grandpas canoe and they end up at Dead Mans Drop.Nikki Heres somebody on her dads CB radio.When she gets it and goes to respond she heres theirs a fire and no one responds.So she takes her horse Goblin to ride out there.She got so far then she had to ride in the canoe that the horse drag.When she got there the to kids looked like they where hurt.Nikki carried one of the kids.Theyraninto some poachers

Escape from the fire mountain by Gary Paulsen is about 3 kids that ask there parents if they can go hiking. When they took the horse they got stuck in a fire. They got kidnapped by two guys in black they had guns and swords. I think that the theme is that you should never give up. Because they really never gave up escaping. One way they tried to escape was by running away from the place but then they got caught by the kidnappers. When they did escape with a four wheeler they ran out of gas. then they had to run the the oldest girls house. I really liked this book. I liked this book because Gary [the author] really gets me excited. The part that got me most excited was when they got kidnapped. I just wanted to keep reading because that part got my attention and it was exiting to read this book.

This was the first book I read in WORLD OF ADVENTURE. I read it during a vacation to my cousins' home! It had me hooked from start to finish. The action is good and there are several suspenseful moments as three kids try to escape a ruthless forest fire AND evil poachers at the same time. Read it!!

A 10 year old girl, named Nikki, stays home by herself while her
parents go on a trip. Nikki rides her horse,Goblin,and finds
poachers who kill a ram and put the head on their car. Nikki tries to call the sheriff on the radio and she hears a boys voice crying for help because there's a fire and his sister is very hurt. Nikki goes to find the children at Dead Mans Drop. She finds them and gets on their Grandpas canoe to get away from the fire and to spend the night in the forest.The next morning, Nikki cries for help and she finds the poachers because herself and kids thought that they were fire fighters. Now, getting chased by them, she needs to go to her house to protect the kids. The poachers some how find them at the house. They sneak out and go to the river and find two men who help them. They call the sheriff and finally, James, Molly, and Nikki are saved.