Incident at Hawk's Hill (Paperback)

by Allan W Eckert (Author) "Benjamin MacDonald was following a mouse..." (more)
Key Phrases: big female badger, den chamber, dead badger, Hawk's Hill, George Burton, North Corners (more...)

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Product Description
A shy, lonely six-year-old wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends a summer under the protection of a badger.

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers (April 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316209481
• ISBN-13: 978-0316209489
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,436 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional Literature!, February 28, 2000

By	Alicia Metcalf (Des Moines, Iowa) - See all my reviews

Incident at Hawk's Hill is a exceptional book about a six-year-old boy living in the Mid West, during the late 1800's. The boy runs away after he misunderstood his fathers anger. Together the boy and a widow badger live and learn to adapt with each other. When he returns home his family accepts the badger because she it what kept him alive. I highly recommend this book to someone that enjoys an adventure.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Noncutesy Wildlife, March 13, 2007

By	L. Franson (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book was one of my alltime favorites as a child (in the late 60's). I grew up on the prairies, so badger holes and fields of waving grasses, as well as neighbors with rifles, were part of everyday life to me. I loved the quiet child who fit in with animals more than humans, and the relationship with the wild mother badger. The world created was more realistic and naturalistic than that portrayed by cheery kids books like the Berensteins and Dr. Seuss. There was tragedy as well as compassion: the mother badger has been caught in a trap, her babies have died of hunger, she is hurting and in pain. These are realistic concerns in nature. Not all is cute fuzzy puppies and loving understanding adults. In the end, the misunderstanding between the child who has been cared for by the badger, and the adults who only see a dangerous wild beast, very much touched my child mind and reflected my experience with adults. I saw injustice in the real world left right and center and it was seldom reflected in children's books. This is one of the deeper children's books I have read, that doesn't shy away from the complexities of life, difficult emotions and depth of feeling. I have reread it recently as an adult, and it still touched me. I highly recommend it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, January 27, 2007

A Kid's Review

Incident At Hawks Hill is a great book! It may start out a little on the slow side but once you get into the story, it's great! Here is a book report type thing on the book. Ben Macdonald is a shy boy who took a liking to imatating animals' body language. No one believes he has much value exept for his mother, Esther. But not even she can get him to talk and be a normal boy of his age. He is small and light in his weight. Well at least for his age. On one of his jouneys on the prairie he finds a mouse that had just been killed with younglings alive. He knows the baby mice will not survive, so when a badger comes close to him he feeds her the mice, being careful to put them out of their misery quickly. One day he wanders out on the prairie following a praire chicken. By the time he tries to come home for lunch he has found himself lost in the prairie. When he seeks shelter he finds the same badger that he fed wild mice to. Will he make it back to his family. To find out what happens next read the book. Also the other reviews have a very good description. If you read this book I hope you enjoy it. The sequel is also good. Thank You for reading my review.