Look-See with Uncle Bill (Tumbleweed Series) [Paperback]

Will James (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2002 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Tumbleweed Series

While spending their summer vacation with Uncle Frank and Uncle Bill, two city children discover and begin to explore what seems to be an old gold mine shaft, but find that it is guarded by mountain lions.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 190 pages
• Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company (July 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087842458X
• ISBN-13: 978-0878424580
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,284,607 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars James needed to rein in his pen, April 4, 2004

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This review is from: Look-See with Uncle Bill (Tumbleweed Series) (Paperback)

This is the best of the three books in the "Uncle Bill" trilogy, if only because it was infused with all of the action missing from the first two installments. Scootie and Kip arrive in Montana for their third summer-long visit on their uncle Frank's Five Barb Ranch, only to discover that Frank and Bill plan to leave them in town while they move a newly acquired herd of bulls to the ranch. The kids are adamant against staying in town any longer than necessary, and the men finally relent to letting them tag along.

But the one-night trip they had planned is interrupted by severe rain storm, during which Kip and several of bulls are separated from the main group, the creek floods, Bill is washed downstream, and the kids barely escape becoming lion chow.

Much to the story's detriment, James's once again failed to rein in his pen, and the result is several pointless chapters tacked on at the end. Other than that, the book's only flaw is an inherently weak premise.