Robinhound Crusoe (Adventures of Wishbone) [Library Binding]

Caroline Leavitt (Author), Brad Strickland (Author), Lyle Miller (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Series: Adventures of Wishbone

As he and Joe try to get to the eight-grade basketball game in time, Wishbone the dog imagines himself as Robinson Crusoe, the sole survivor of a shipwreck who lived on a deserted island for nearly thirty years.

--This text refers to an alternate Library Binding edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Library Binding
• Publisher: Sagebrush Education Resources (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613102762
• ISBN-13: 978-0613102766
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,418,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm the New York Times Bestselling author of Pictures of You, and the award-winning author of eight other novels. Pictures of You was a Costco "Pennie's Pick," a San Francisco Chronicle Lit Pick, and it was also on many Best of 2011 lists, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Providence Journal, Bookmarks Magazine, and Kirkus Reviews, which also put the novel on their Top Five Novels about Family and Love list. I've been writing since I was in grade school (I was the one who made up books and then wrote book reports for them.) I always knew I wanted to be a writer, though being a screenwriter came in a close second. I live for books and the movies and I teach writing at UCLA online, have private clients, and I'm a book critic for People and the Boston Globe. I'm deliriously happily married to the writer Jeff Tamarkin (his book, Got A Revolution: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane, was one of the top music books of the year) and we have a teenaged son.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark Oakdale and Stranded on an Island, July 31, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Robinhound Crusoe (The Adventures of Wishbone #4) (Paperback)

It starts off with Joe practicing some basketball warm-ups for his big game that night. Joe has been trying hard to impress the eighth grade coach. Ellen's tooth has been bothering her, so, she decides to go to the dentist. Joe says bye, and his mom tells him if he needs anything to give her a call. It's about 4:30 and all of a sudden the lights go out in Joe's house. He goes in, to see if he can fix the problem. Joe wonders if he'll ever make it to the game on time. This situation reminds Wishbone of Robinson Cruesoe. Robinson Crusoe is this man, doesn't want to work in a hat shop with his father. He goes to seek what he thinks is his true calling. He secretly tells his mom and dad good-bye and that he loves them, and that maybe he would come back some day to see them. Robinson goes to sea, his so called true calling. His ship gets wrecked and he is thrown ashore on an island all by himself. he doesn't know if anyone else survived the shipwreck. So, I only have two questions left for you. Will Joe ever make it to his game on time? Will Robinson ever make it off the island, or will he be stuck there for life? Well, you will have to read this book for yourself; to find out the answers to these two questions. I really enjoyed reading this book, it was really great. I would also reccomend reading Prince and the Pooch, by Caroline Leavitt, and this book, Robinhound Cruesoe, by Caroline Leavitt.

5.0 out of 5 stars In the dark and out at sea!!!, November 8, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Robinhound Crusoe (The Adventures of Wishbone #4) (Paperback)

Robinhound Crusoe is a great book, and it's great for kids! It all starts with 12-year-old Joe (Wishbone's friend) who is doing his warm-ups for a basketball game that he is going to play in, but Ellen's (Joe's mom) tooth has been bothering her, so, she decides to go to the dentist. Before she goes she says if he needs anything to give her a call. But when she is gone there's a blackout, and Joe doesn't know if he can make it to the game in time. Wishbone and Joe go out to try to make it to the ball game, and this reminded Wishbone of the classic book Robinson Crusoe. Robinson Crusoe does not like to work in his dad's hat shop, so he goes out to sea and gets shipwrecked, and stuck on a island. I'm not going to tell you anymore about this book, but if you do want to know more about it buy the book!!!