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Incident at Hawk's Hill,

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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.

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.

This is one of the best books of my childhood reading experience. I was eleven years old and my mom baught it for me when we were on a trip to England. It was more than a way to kill down-time. The story, characters and the rollercoaster of emotions it inspired are memorable still. This book is remarkable and I would recomend it in the same breath as 'where the Red Fern Grows' or 'Good Night, Mr. Tom'. Do a child in your life a favor: have them read this book.

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.

This story is about a boy named Benjamin aka Ben, he is 6 years old, and is very little. He likes to go to Hawk's Hill and he follows the animals and mocks them. One day he wandered off to far and was lost. His parents' was looking for him. He was lost for two months. If you are interrested in animals, sounds, and adventure, you'll like this book! I liked when Ben went to Hawk's Hill, because, everyone would think that he was talking/communicating with the animals, but he was realy was just mocking them. It was sad when everybody thought he was weird and crazy just because, he didn't talk to people very often. He's just a normal kid like all of us, exept he's a little small for his age, and he likes animals. You should read this book to see if they'll ever find him. Will Ben survive being missing for so long, or will he die?
THIS IS A VERY GOOD BOOK!!

This book was read by my LA class and Wow! Were we blown away! This is a great book and could teach you alot about survival and love. I would recommmend it to anyone. A true kids book. Suspense, love, action, everything is in this novel. Not to mention its a Newbury Honor book. Animal lovers gather around, action seekers get over here! This book it for EVERYONE! :)

Recommended by my son's sixth grade teacher, this novel has enough information to make it a biology lesson and literary masterpiece, all-in-one. I did not want the book to end and am furiously trying to find out what happened to the characters after closing the book on page 191. This novel is ideal for children, fourth grade and up, or as a read-aloud for teachers and parents.

This little boy was stranded all alone out on the prairie, and the only other helpful being there was a badger. Ben, a 6 year old boy can act like animals as if he was their brother. He picks an animal, then can follow it for hours acting like it, and making noises like it. But one day, when he was mocking a chicken he wandered too far. When he noticed it was about lunch time he turned back to go home, but there wasn't a house in sight. Clouds rolled over and a thunderstorm broke out. Ben raced around for cover. He tripped in a large tunnelish hole in his scurry. Without further ado he wrenched himself in. The next morning, he dug himself through the rest of the tunnel, to find himself in a huge chamber, and to his surprise there was a badger there. Throughout the next two months Ben lived with this badger, acting like it and becoming more like it everyday. When his brother finally found him though, he was reluctant to go home. Later after he realized where he was, (home) his badger came back, who he saved by throwing himself over her before she was shot by his father. The next day while the badger was chilling in the sun by the house, the mean neighbor arrived, thinking that the badger was trespassing, he shot her. When he was about to burry her, he realized that she was still breathing, taking her back in the house, Ben could only hope that she would live. This book was filled with action, fun times, and sad events.

There was for sure a ton of action. Ben was here, Ben was there, where wasn't he? His badger would be trapped, she would escape, and then Ben would get lost. Later Ben would be found, but his badger pops in, what doesn't happen to Ben anyway?

This book had many, many fun times in it. Ben would dance around after discovering that she's breathing (the badger). And then Ben would jump for joy that he lived, because of the wonderful badger.

Even though this book was good, it was very sad. The badger's pups died. Ben almost died from starvation before the badger helped him. The badger's mate dies, and then the badger almost dies herself.

I really enjoyed reading this book, and I think anyone could too, for it was sad, yet happy, and filled with action!

Anne.L.

I thought that Hawk's Hill was a sad book, but it was happy at the same time. If you like books with very good chararcter development, you will like this book. It is a about a boy named Ben who wanders of into the wilderness and lives with a badger. it was a good book.

Do you want to read a good book? Read Incident At Hawk's Hill. There is a 6 year old boy named Benjamin McDonald. He wandered away. A storm hit, and he ran into a hole. It was a female badger's hole. The female badger adopts him. His family searched for months. Do they find him? I like the story, because it is a good book. I recommend the book to everyone who likes good books.