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Wild Man Island

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3 star:		(4)
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This book was written by Will Hobbs, who's also written Down the Yukon, Jason's Gold, The Maze, Ghost Canoe, and Far North. The story is about a boy who's father was an archeologist. Years ago Andy's father was on a trip in Alaska trying to find evidence of the firs people in north America. He was with another person but he slipped and fell. Now Andy was in Alaska looking for the Island that this father had died on. He's on a kayaking trip with a group of people but during a storm Andy is swept way off course and lands on what seems to be a deserted island. Until he sees a mysterious man with wild looking beard and dressed in bark and animal skins. Andy decides to find out who the man really is while trying to survive wind, rain, and mind numbing cold, along with the local grizzly bears.

One of the strong points of this book is the suspense. There's always twisted that keep you reading and wanting to find out what happens next. The book also seems really realistic. Will Hobbs seems to know a lot about the outdoors and surviving and you can tell in the way he writes this book. I've never read any of his other books but after this one I think that I would enjoy another of his books.

There was one thing that I didn't like about this book was that there wasn't really a whole lot of action. There was plenty of suspense, like I said before but the suspense was more from the plot and not from something that is physically happening to Andy. He never really gets in any fights or any action like that. Otherwise this book was great and I would recommend it to anyone who likes outdoors books.

For my Amazon Book Review, I read the book Wild Man Island. It is about 14-year old Andy Galloway taking a trip to Alaska with a group to see the amazing humpback whales. One night, while the tour guides are asleep, he sneaks out and kayaks to the island where his father died trying to solve the mystery of the first Americans, and of course to see the whales in action. But on the way back, he gets caught in a storm, which takes him to Admiralty Island. What he doesn't know, however, is that there is a man on the deserted island who could help him, and with the help of his dog, Bear, leads Andy to a cave where danger, suspense, and mystery await him.

The author has written the book in such a descriptive way, it takes the reader into Andy's adventure: the woods, the amazing cave explanation, the wild man. It is amazing! All the details and explanations were so well written, it was like a mini movie in my head imagining what happens next in the story. But in all books, there are parts you don't like. I didn't really like the fact that there were so many details about what Andy thinks, I felt like skipping pages when some chapters were like that. Some of the information was too much.

I like Wild Man Island, because there is danger, excitement, and mystery waiting for me to read in every page. When I first read this book, I couldn't put the book down. It was so thrilling, I finished the book in two days. I thought to myself, this is an exciting book from the first page to the last. Every chapter I read kept
getting more and more mysterious and suspenseful. I rate this book with five stars. I recommend this book to all readers who like adventure and excitement all in one.

"Descriptions of woods, wildlife, and the spectacular cave formations Andy discovers have a ring of authenticity that makes his hardships and adventures as compelling as any of Gary Paulsen's." --- Kirkus Reviews

" A well- paced adventure, this novel combines survival saga, mystery, and archeological expedition.... Hobbs's renown ensures the popularity of his latest effort."---- VOYA

I really liked how this book was able to keep you on the edge of your seat while giving you interesting history lessons,

I read this book intending only to skim it. I could not put it down. The plotting is tight and the writing so descriptive that I actually felt like I was there. I could see, hear and smell the environment like I was sitting in its midst. I felt Andy's fear in the many situations that pitted his strength and intelligence against implacable, impersonal nature, his compassion for the dog and the "wild man", his excitement at discovering the very ancient burial in the cave, and his relief at being finally rescued. I was so taken with Hobbs' writing abilities that I am on Amazon tonight looking for more. If you like outdoor adventure and are curious about ancient man in the Americas, you will love this book!

Have you ever been trapped on an island in the middle of no where and had no chance live of living?

Fourteen year old, Andy Galloway was on the last of his kayaking trip in southeast Alaska. Andy decides at 2:45 a.m. to go off from his group to a site where his father, an archeologist died trying to solve a mystery about the first Americans when Andy about five years old. When, he got caught in an ocean storm and gets washed onto an island in Alaska. Andy running for his life as he battles a wild man, dogs and bears trying to get off the island.

This is a great book that I would suggest to people who like stories about islands, adventure, and mystery.

Even though this book is targeted for young/teen readers, it is an excellent adventure story for anyone to enjoy. While it's not my favorite book, it is one of the best adventure stories I've ever read. If you crave adventure, & want to enjoy a great story, don't let the fact that this is a "youth reader" type book dissuade you from reading this one; its a grand adventure!

Andy Galloway went on a sea kayak trip to Alaska. On the last day of the trip, Andy takes off by himself and heads to the island that his dad died on. He wants to find more about the island. He gets there. He explores it. Then on his way back to camp, he gets in a storm and the wind blows him to a whole new island. He is stranded there with no food or water or shelter. He is freezing cold and wet with no new clothes. He has many encounters with bears, wolves and dogs. He then meets a wild man that lives on the island. Will Andy ever get off the island and back to Colorado where he lives? Find out in this action-packed book.

This is a very good book I recommend that you read this book and I think that you will like this book! As mutch as I do. whatI think that you will like the most is that the wild man and all of the infermation it givs you to tell about him.Ithink the wild man hardly ever talked and I didnot like that.the mischevious hunter and the wild man cool.

IT IS ABOUT A MAN WHO GETS LOST IN A JUNGLE AND AFTERA WHILE, A WILD MAN AND FINDS HIS WEAPONS AND THAT IS AS FAR AS I HAVE GOTEN.I LIKE THIS BOOK BECAUSE, IT IS A MISTERY.

I thought the book was kinda boring.He took forever to do what he was supose to do. It would have had have been better with more action.