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by Scott O'dell (Author) "Someone was shooting from far away, somewhere around Purdy's mill..." (more)
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Product Details Reading level: Young Adult Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks; Revised edition (March 1, 1991) Language: English ISBN-10: 0590446517 ISBN-13: 978-0590446518 Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (66 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #56,525 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in these categories: (What's this?) #7 in  Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( O ) > O'Dell, Scott #45 in  Books > Children's Books > History & Historical Fiction > United States > Fiction > Colonial

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 17 of 17 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, Exciting book!, August 2, 1998 By A Customer I had a feeling this book would be somewhat good. But I also had a hunch that some parts would be very, very dull. But was VERY wrong! This is one of my favorite books by Scott O'Dell, a long with Zia. Some of his other books, that I have read, drove me out of my mind with boredom, but this was far from it. Sarah Bishop is a 15 year old girl, living with her Father, and her older brother Chad. They had moved to Long Island, New York Colony, from England, and her Mother had died. Her Father keeps a picture of King George on the wall and this upsets many of the patriots around the area, because that shows that they are loyalists. Her brother, Chad, with his friend David join the Patriot army, against his Father's wishes. One night, some patriots come and burn down the Bishop farm. Her Father is tarred and feathered, and later dies. She is very angry, but sets out for New York City to find her brother Chad. After the battle at Brooklyn Heights, she prays he had not been ! killed by the cruel Hessians, but had been taken prisoner instead. She gets a job at a tavern for awhile, until she has enough money to make the journey. In New York she discovers that her brother has died in the prison camp and she is very upset. Then she is blamed of starting a fire in New York City. A crime she did not commit. She flees into the wilderness of Westchester county, and hides from the Brittish there. She lives in a cave and does her daily tasks (which are put in such away you just have to read on) and she is even accused of being a witch by the people in the local town. A GREAT book! Read it! 24 of 27 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars READ THIS ONE!, March 14, 2000 By  L.Patch (United States) - See all my reviews I recently read the book, Sarah Bishop, which was written by the famous and well known author Scott O'Dell. The story took place in England where Sarah was left without her mother and in care of her father, and brother Chad Bishop shortly before the American Revolution. Citizens in the small town located close to Long Island quickly became divided between the Revolution and King George. The Bishop family who were against the norm where in favor of King George and remained against the idea of the Revolution, but Chad while Mr. Bishop still lived, ended up enlisting in the militia, fighting against the King, and against his father. Mr. Bishop did his best to stand firm for his beliefs even as he was fighting his own blood, but later he no longer stood after he was tarred and finally killed. Later, while Sarah remained without a father and brother who was a soldier, she worked at a local tavern, The Lion and Lamb which provided a place to eat and sleep. As things seemed to get better, the search for Chad continued until she found that he no longer lived, and that he had been on a prison ship, but later died. Without any family, close friends or much of a home, Sarah was next said to have assisted in the burning of the anti King George militia building(s). Sarah moved to Long Pond, after a notice was put up for her capture where she lived by herself and maintained a life of adventure despite the lonliness. She had frequent visitors ( The Longknifes) and took care of herself even though there were a few trials (ex. The snake bite). Later, she came back into Ridgeford for food, and the necessities, but never without her gun for fear of the militia seeing her. On one of her visits which stood out from the rest she was invited to a Quaker meeting by Isaak Morton who was around the same age as her. As she attended the meeting she was quickly assumed of being a witch, questioned, and threatened with her life because of the notices and coursity of the burnings and how she lived. Issak Morton came to her rescue and quoted these words from the Bible to the God fearing people, " `Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.' " (pg. 221) The story, Sarah Bishop, to me was great and I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about the history of our great nation in a heartbeat! 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars Sarah Bishop kcs, March 17, 2005 A Kid's Review What would you do if you were an orphanand you had to live by yourself? Well, that is what Ssarah had to do. Sarah bishop is a fifteen year old girl whose family was killed by Brittish Soldiers and this is her story on her wondrous adventure to survive. in this adventure, Brittish patriots killed Sarah's father by pouring tar on him so that he would suffocate. Sarahs's brother Chad went to fight in the war and soon got captured and also gets killed. She to was capturd but managed to escape. With Sarah's family gone, she struggles to survive. On the run, Sarah finds cave in the forest and she makes it her home. While in the cave, Sarah is faced with many dangers such as bears, wildlife, Indians, hunters, and much more. Will Sarah ever find peace in her life, or will she end up like the rest of her family? I thought that this book was pretty good. It was kind of slow at the beginning but then it got better when it got to the cilmax of the story. What made the book so good was that there was a lot of unexpected things that happened in each chapter and that is what what made this book so great to read. If you enjoy reading historical fiction and reading about the war for independence then this would be the book for you.		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 1.0 out of 5 stars Boring book..... This book was really boring. It's a historical novel about a fifteen year old girl during revolutionary times. Read more Published on October 3, 2006 by Zoe Paris 1.0 out of 5 stars Eh.... I had to read this book for school. IT IS SO BORING. Don't read it, save your time. It is also so pointless. Read more Published on March 28, 2006 3.0 out of 5 stars Sarah Bishop and Scott O'Dell Sarah Bishop is a young girl of 15 in New York during the Revolutionary times who loses her brother and father. Read more Published on February 22, 2006 3.0 out of 5 stars OKAY I had to read this book for school and at first I thought it was okay than it got boring than exciting than boring. Read more Published on December 24, 2005 by Marissa 1.0 out of 5 stars super stinky sucky book Sarah Bishop By Scott O'Dell Jamila Colquitt (her daughter age ten) I had a feeling this would be somewhat a good book because it was by Scott O'Dell, but... Read more Published on December 6, 2005 by Tara 1.0 out of 5 stars I was about to die! =( We had to read this book for school, and i read the back and it sounded very interesting. Boy was I wrong! Read more Published on December 1, 2005 3.0 out of 5 stars An ok read This book was exciting at some parts, but mostly boring. It was mainly negative.If you like history fiction, you will enjoy it. If you don't, I wouldn't get it. :) Published on November 8, 2005 3.0 out of 5 stars Hmmm well I can say I read a book right? This was so not the best book ever I was so bored with the whole cave part. The people with one star are wrong beacuse the book wasnt I WANT TO DIE boring but it wasnt one I would... Read more Published on October 16, 2005 5.0 out of 5 stars SARAH BISHOP is a good book I think that Sarah Bishop is a good book because I like to read novels about history,& since this book is about the Revalution-ary war,it's just that. Read more Published on October 8, 2005 1.0 out of 5 stars Was this a joke? I was forced to read this book for an assigment. Reading the synopsis, I thought, "Hey, this could be OK." The premise seemed interesting enough. Read more Published on August 24, 2005 by G.Reed Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks; Revised edition (March 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590446517
• ISBN-13: 978-0590446518
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #56,525 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, Exciting book!, August 2, 1998

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I had a feeling this book would be somewhat good. But I also had a hunch that some parts would be very, very dull. But was VERY wrong! This is one of my favorite books by Scott O'Dell, a long with Zia. Some of his other books, that I have read, drove me out of my mind with boredom, but this was far from it. Sarah Bishop is a 15 year old girl, living with her Father, and her older brother Chad. They had moved to Long Island, New York Colony, from England, and her Mother had died. Her Father keeps a picture of King George on the wall and this upsets many of the patriots around the area, because that shows that they are loyalists. Her brother, Chad, with his friend David join the Patriot army, against his Father's wishes. One night, some patriots come and burn down the Bishop farm. Her Father is tarred and feathered, and later dies. She is very angry, but sets out for New York City to find her brother Chad. After the battle at Brooklyn Heights, she prays he had not been ! killed by the cruel Hessians, but had been taken prisoner instead. She gets a job at a tavern for awhile, until she has enough money to make the journey. In New York she discovers that her brother has died in the prison camp and she is very upset. Then she is blamed of starting a fire in New York City. A crime she did not commit. She flees into the wilderness of Westchester county, and hides from the Brittish there. She lives in a cave and does her daily tasks (which are put in such away you just have to read on) and she is even accused of being a witch by the people in the local town. A GREAT book! Read it!

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars READ THIS ONE!, March 14, 2000

By	L.Patch (United States) - See all my reviews

I recently read the book, Sarah Bishop, which was written by the famous and well known author Scott O'Dell. The story took place in England where Sarah was left without her mother and in care of her father, and brother Chad Bishop shortly before the American Revolution. Citizens in the small town located close to Long Island quickly became divided between the Revolution and King George. The Bishop family who were against the norm where in favor of King George and remained against the idea of the Revolution, but Chad while Mr. Bishop still lived, ended up enlisting in the militia, fighting against the King, and against his father. Mr. Bishop did his best to stand firm for his beliefs even as he was fighting his own blood, but later he no longer stood after he was tarred and finally killed. Later, while Sarah remained without a father and brother who was a soldier, she worked at a local tavern, The Lion and Lamb which provided a place to eat and sleep. As things seemed to get better, the search for Chad continued until she found that he no longer lived, and that he had been on a prison ship, but later died. Without any family, close friends or much of a home, Sarah was next said to have assisted in the burning of the anti King George militia building(s). Sarah moved to Long Pond, after a notice was put up for her capture where she lived by herself and maintained a life of adventure despite the lonliness. She had frequent visitors ( The Longknifes) and took care of herself even though there were a few trials (ex. The snake bite). Later, she came back into Ridgeford for food, and the necessities, but never without her gun for fear of the militia seeing her. On one of her visits which stood out from the rest she was invited to a Quaker meeting by Isaak Morton who was around the same age as her. As she attended the meeting she was quickly assumed of being a witch, questioned, and threatened with her life because of the notices and coursity of the burnings and how she lived. Issak Morton came to her rescue and quoted these words from the Bible to the God fearing people, " `Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.' " (pg. 221) The story, Sarah Bishop, to me was great and I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about the history of our great nation in a heartbeat!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sarah Bishop kcs, March 17, 2005

A Kid's Review

What would you do if you were an orphanand you had to live by yourself? Well, that is what Ssarah had to do.
Sarah bishop is a fifteen year old girl whose family was killed by Brittish Soldiers and this is her story on her wondrous adventure to survive. in this adventure, Brittish patriots killed Sarah's father by pouring tar on him so that he would suffocate. Sarahs's brother Chad went to fight in the war and soon got captured and also gets killed. She to was capturd but managed to escape. With Sarah's family gone, she struggles to survive. On the run, Sarah finds cave in the forest and she makes it her home. While in the cave, Sarah is faced with many dangers such as bears, wildlife, Indians, hunters, and much more. Will Sarah ever find peace in her life, or will she end up like the rest of her family?

I thought that this book was pretty good. It was kind of slow at the beginning but then it got better when it got to the cilmax of the story. What made the book so good was that there was a lot of unexpected things that happened in each chapter and that is what what made this book so great to read. If you enjoy reading historical fiction and reading about the war for independence then this would be the book for you.