Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee [Paperback]

Patricia Beatty (Author), Daniel Mark Duffy (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

The heart-pounding story of a Texan boy's transformation to a Comanche brave and back again.

With Pa off fighting in the Civil War, Lewallen Collier and his little sister are captured in a bloody Comanche raid. Admiring Lewallen's courage, the Indians give him the name Sings His War Song and try to teach him the ways of a young brave. But Lewtie dreams only of escape -- and of the day he can return to rescue little Eula Bee.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Captured by the Comanches while his father is off fighting the Civil War, 13-year-old Lewallen Collier plots to escape and rescue his little sister. Ages 10-up.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Patricia Beatty was born in Portland, Oregon, and was a longtime resident of southern California. After graduating from college, she taught high school English and history, and later held various positions as a science and technical librarian and also as a children's librarian. She taught Writing Fiction for Children at several branches of the University of California.

Patricia Beatty is the author of many popular and award-winning children's books, including such NCSS Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies as Eight Mules from Monterey; Behave Yourself, Bethany Brant; Turn Homeward, Hannalee; Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee; and Jayhawker. Her novel Lupita Mañana is a Jane Addams Children's Book Award honor book, and Charley Skedaddle won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (October 26, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688100775
• ISBN-13: 978-0688100773
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,003,214 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite Childhood book, March 21, 2001

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This review is from: Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee (Paperback)

I read this book YEARS ago and it still stands out in my memory. It was my favorite book in elementary school and I also bought this for my daughter. It's amazing how what you read as a child can affect your adult life.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Loved This as a Child, June 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee (Paperback)

I read this book several times when I was in elementary school. I have children of my own now and I wanted to give them a book I loved as a child. I always loved this book maybe because I have red hair just like Eula Bee. It's a good book to show children how powerful the love between siblings can be.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The book gives a side of the war one never gets to see., September 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee (Paperback)

I enjoyed the book and it wiill be well used in the classroom. I will be teaching the book and am looking forward to seeing my student's reaction to Lewtie and his "responsibility" to Eula Bee at such a young age. As well as the shocking truth of children in captivity in our own country. I am very interested in finding supplemental texts to this book.