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Jackie's Wild Seattle

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I really liked this book because it had different kinds of animals and different kinds of people in the story. The story had a lot of different emotions. Happy, sad, angry, anxious...what ever the emotion, I was right there reading it and just couldn't put it down! The last reason I liked it was it was by one of my most favorette authors, Will Hobbs.

The best part of the book was when they were in Pioneer Square. They went down to "old seattle" to help catch a raccoon and saw a toilet about 5ft up on a platform. Man when I read that my friend was looking at me like I was crazy(Which I don't think I'm crazy).

The story elements that were the most vivid were one character. His name was Tyler. Will Hobbs described him with wild-looking hair and intense dark eyes. Later he described Tyler "as though he slept in his clothes or not sleot at all. The second element is the setting. There are many different settings in this book, Park, van, airport, woods and Pioneer Square are just a few. Jackies Wild Seattle(wild life center for animal that are sick) is the setting I'm going to describe. It's in the woods set backm from the road alittle and is a center which volunteers help with the caring of lots of sick or disabled animals. Now if you read the whole book you will probally find out that Will Hobbs got the idea of Jackies Wild Seattle from a "real life" situation.( But with different people) but it's in the same area(Seattle Washinton).

Book Review

The book Jackie's Wild Seattle is exciting and propelling. All though the story has some parts that get off subject, the characters are very well thought up. Each character faces a disadvantage or problem. Shannon the main character is always worrying about her parents and the danger they're in. Cody, her brother is obsessed with disasters and is afraid he might have caused the twin towers to fall. The plot is very intriguing. The plot is about a girl (Shannon) having to leave her parents for the summer. She flies on a plane to Seattle where she expects her uncle to pick her up and take her to his apartment, but she gets a big surprise when she flies in. her uncle takes her to a Jackie's wild Seattle which is involved in capturing hurt animals and releasing them when they get well. She ends up playing a big role in capturing the hurt animals because her uncle who plays a big role in capturing them hurt his hand, so know she needs to take over his job. This book has given me a range of different feelings. It left me wondering what well happen to the characters, as they grow older. This book also contained some good humor. I would suggest this book for somebody 9-12 years old. I would also suggest this book to an animal lover. It is a great book and a short read so if your tired of reading books that take you months to finish you should read Jackie's Wild Seattle.

Shannon, the main character of this story, is a fourteen-year-old girl. Her and her seven-year-old brother, Cody, are going to live with their uncle Neal during the summer while their parents are doctors in Pakistan. Little do they know that their uncle now lives at a wildlife center near Seattle, called Jackie's Wild Seattle. Soon Shannon and Cody are going on many wild animal rescues all over the Seattle area with Neal and his dog, Sage.

At the shelter, Shannon has many problems she has to deal with. Cody had witnessed the attack on September 11, and Shannon is trying to help him get over it. She also meets a boy named Tyler that is about her age, and soon discovers that he didn't volunteer to work there. Between rescuing animals and trying to help Cody and Tyler, Shannon worries about her parents in Pakistan. Then, one day, when Neal is at the doctors after being cut, Shannon finds out a shocking secret that he has been keeping from his family. Shannon then realizes why Liberty, the bald eagle Neal is desperately trying to save, means so much to him. So many things are going on, and now Shannon is also in charge of rescue.

This book is written in first person, and is filled with cliff hangers that will make you want to keep reading. If you love outdoors and animals, you'll love this book. If you want a book full of adventure, then you should read Jackie's wild Seattle. I really liked this book, and I hope you will to.

Bryn O.

MY BOOK REVEIW

The book that I read was, Jackie's Wild Seattle By Will Hobbs. The main characters would be Shannon, Uncle Neal, Sage and Cody. In this book, Uncle Neal works at Jackie's wild Seattle center. He saves animals that are very sick of injured. But then, Uncle Neal gets injured from trying to save a hawk. Shannon knows that Uncle Neal is keeping something from her and Cody. But what could it be? How is Uncle Neal going to save animals with only one arm?

Uncle Neal doesn't like to sleep or talk about his past or his future. At night, him and Sage would go and rescue more animals, but it's only because he loves animals. Sage is Uncle Neal's sidekick, but even though Sage is a dog, she is very smart. Sage doesn't like kids because of her past, but Cody really wants Sage to like him. Shannon and Cody are brother and sister. Cody loves disasters; he even has a book of disasters. Shannon wont stop thinking about her parents who are in Aphganisten.

Uncle Neal has to figure out how he can rescue animals with only one arm. I really like that part because it is a mystery that you really want to find out on what they are going to do. My favorite part was when Shannon had to go in the elevator to talk to the scared cougar to make it feel not so scared anymore.

I would recommend this book to children about 9-15. This book is an adventure book. There are adventures everywhere. I hope that you will like this book as much as I did.

By: Annalise Ricco

Have you ever read a book that has a wildlife shelter, a boy obsessed with natural disasters, a girl that carried a 40-pound seal on her back while rock-climbing, a lost racoon and an arrogant bear? I didn't think so. Well, now here's your chance, with Jackie's Wild Seattle. While Shannon and Cody'd parents are busy in Afganistan working with Docters Without Borders for the whole summer, they have stay with their uncle Neal in Seattle. During their visit, because Uncle Neal volunteers at Jackie's Wild Seattle, a wildlife rescue organization, the two kids get to explore wildlife in a new and closer way, while they help their uncle save animals.

Will Hobbs writes this book in the perspective of Shannon, a 14-year old girl who loves adventures and is a bit more practical then her younger brother, Cody. Cody is 7 years old and loves animals and natural disasters. Uncle Neal is very passionate for animals, and is nice and welcoming to his niece and nephew, but Shannon has some suspicions about him. She will not stop trying to figure out why he is not being open with them.

I really liked this book and I would recommend it to someone who liked animal and adventure novels. Since I am not much of an animal book lover, i didn't like this book as much as some of my friends did, but i enjoyed reading it.

Have you ever read a book that has a wildlife shelter, a boy obsessed with natural disasters, a girl that carried a 40-pound seal on her back while rock-climbing, a lost racoon and an arrogant bear? I didn't think so. Well, now here's your chance, with Jackie's Wild Seattle. While Shannon and Cody'd parents are busy in Afganistan working with Docters Without Borders for the whole summer, they have stay with their uncle Neal in Seattle. During their visit, because Uncle Neal volunteers at Jackie's Wild Seattle, a wildlife rescue organization, the two kids get to explore wildlife in a new and closer way, while they help their uncle save animals.

Will Hobbs writes this book in the perspective of Shannon, a 14-year old girl who loves adventures and is a bit more practical then her younger brother, Cody. Cody is 7 years old and loves animals and natural disasters. Uncle Neal is very passionate for animals, and is nice and welcoming to his niece and nephew, but Shannon has some suspicions about him. She will not stop trying to figure out why he is not being open with them.

I really liked this book and I would recommend it to someone who liked animal and adventure novels. Since I am not much of an animal book lover, i didn't like this book as much as some of my friends did, but i enjoyed reading it.

Jackie's Wild Seattle by Will Hobbs was a great book. The main character, Shannon, is 14, lives in New Jersey has to go to Seattle, Washington for 9 weeks with her 7 year old brother, Cody, because their parents have to go half way around the world helping people in a refugee camp in Pakistan. So they go and stay with their Uncle Neal. They find a bald eagle fledging that had fallen out of it's nest right when they got to Seattle. Will she survive? They end up having the total opposite summer than they were expecting.

Cody is obsessed with all kinds of disasters ever since he saw the second Twin Tower fall on 9/11/01. Shannon likes rock climbing and expected to do a lot with Uncle Neal because he used to do search and rescue. Uncle Neal volunteers for Jackie, a kind woman who owns an animal rehabilitation center. Uncle Neal drives an animal ambulance. He gets calls from people and goes and helps animals and brings them back to Jackie's. But when Uncle Neal gets injured, Shannon has to take over the job of trying to save animals in need.

The author writes this book from the view of Shannon, but you don't even notice; it seems like there is a narrator! The author, Will Hobbs, put a sense of humor in this book. I've never read a book like it. It made me laugh and it almost made me cry. I loved how this book was so adventurous and funny. It was a real page-turner. If you like some humor, animals and adventure in your books, you'll love Jackie's Wild Seattle!

When Shannon and first Cody see their uncle Neal at the SeaTac airport, they have no idea what a wild summer they are about to have.

They are staying with Neal for the summer while their parents are in Pakistan working for Doctors Without Borders. Neal is not the same uncle he was last time the kids saw him. For one, he was laid off from Boeing and for another he shaved his head differing from his usually hair-filled head.

As Cody and Shannon soon find out, Neal is now a volunteer for Jackie's Wild Seattle, an animal rescue organization. Neal does most of the hands on rescuing, and then takes them back to the rehab center to heal.

The three move in with Jackie, the founder of Jackie's Wild Seattle. Her house is on the same property where the rehab center for rescued animals is.

The three (and Neal's dog Sage) rescue animals of all kinds for a few weeks and things are dandy. Until, an accident happens and a secret is revealed. Shannon's friend Tyler, who works at the clinic, has secrets of his own.

Personally, I thought this book was somewhat of a bore. All though it seemed to have a lot of action the voice was weak. People who enjoy reading about animals should read this because animals play a large part. Readers who like realistic fiction could also read this book. The story takes a lot of twists and turns and it has a lot of plot points, where the story sort of changes. Overall, Jackie's Wild Seattle was an interesting book, but not 5-star quality.

I read "Jackie's Wild Seattle". The Main charactors were Shannon and Neal.They, along with Shannon's little brother Cody, rescue animals around Seattle. They then take them to Jackie's headquarters, and she heals them. Shannon is a 14 year old girl and she is curious, adventurous, and myserious. She is also an exellent climber.

Shannon and Cody are ataying with their uncle Neal over the summer, and they help him rescue the animals. The resolution is very good, but I'm not giving away anything. I thought that the author's style was like it was being told by Shannon, the main charactor.The theme of the book was animals and drama.

While reading, I felt happy, sad, curioous, and shocked. I felt especially when I found out what Tyler, a kid working with Jackie for his horrible crime had done.I have never read a book like this before. I loved the suspence and drama in it.Anyone who likes animals, suspence, and drama should read this book.

In the begginning of the book, Shannon, an average teen girl, and Cody, her younger brother who loves major disastors, visit their uncle Neal's house for a couple long weeks because both of their surgeon parents have to go on a buisness trip in Africa. They did not know much about their uncle, so they did not know that he was a voulenteer van driver and animal rescuer for an animal rescue squad called Jackies Wild Seattle. When Neal went to pick up Shannon and Cody, he had just rescued a couple of baby raccoons that Cody took a liking to. Cody also met Neal's partner/dog, Sage, who didn't like kids.

Things happened, some good, some bad. like they met Tyler, a kid with an awful truth about animals. They also experienced many other things like animal rescues. This was a really good book, and if you are an animal lover, you would probably love this book. Although, the book seemed to stay only at Jackies Wild Seattle, and a couple of areas where they rescued animals. But, this is just my opinion.

This was a pretty good book, and with a scale of 1-10, it is a 7.5. It wasn't the greatest book, but it wasn't bad either. It had some funny parts, sad parts, and gruesome parts, so it was a well-balanced book. Tyler was a good character to put in, and so was Neal. They didn't tell enough about Sages history, even though she so dramatically hates kids. Jackie, the head of Jackies Wild Seattle, wasn't in the book enough to have her name in the title. It was a good thing that they put in a variety of characters, but sometimes you got them mixed up. I never really saw Shannons name in the beginning, and I thought that the book was crazy when they were at the beach in the begginning of the book, and Shannon wanted to try her new two-piece. It may have been confusing, but i enjoyed reading this book.