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| The Talking Earth | 
| Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Category: Book
List Price: $5.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 531339
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 0064402126
EAN: 9780064402125
ASIN: 0064402126
Publication Date: October 23, 1987
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Condition: Good condition, wear from reading and use. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact and has some creases. The spine has signs of wear and creases. This copy may include "From the library of" labels, stickers or stamps and be an ex-library copy.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Talking Earth (ZZZZzzzzz) November 12, 2002
3 out of 15 found this review helpful
I thought this book was absoulutly awful. I had to read it for school, otherwise I would have stoped reading the book. I thought the book was really unrealistic and really boring. The animal gods, the little people under the earth, and petang were dumb. If I were you I would not read this book.
WORST BOOK *EVER* October 29, 2002
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
When I first read this book, I just couldn't seem to get into it. It's badly written. I didn't read the whole book, just a excerpt of it in our reading books at school, but it was still bad. It didn't give a "GOOD" explanation of WHY she was in the cave. It just said she was hiding in there from a fire and she wanted to learn more about her ancestors from the distant past and while she's in the cave, she finds old artifacts from the past. It's pretty boring the way it goes on and on (zzzzzz). Don't even bother reading this. It's a total waste, even if you seem just vaguely interested.
 Good Imagery Makes It Confusing April 23, 2002
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Talking Earth is a story about a young Seminole girl, Billie Wind, who is in disbelief of her tribe's beliefs on talking animals and spirits. Although she wants to believe in the culture, she does not think this makes any sense. In school she is learning the scientific reasons for things, such as pollution, and her ancestor's reasons for nature just don't match up. She goes to live in the Everglades until she hears the animals talk and sees the spirits. She does not believe it will ever happen. Throughout the story Billie grows and changes. She learns how to survive in the wilderness, and befriends animals, such as an otter, that help her. Through this experience she begins to understand her tribes beliefs, and gains a stronger bond with nature. The only problem is: is this bond strong enough to survive the challenges she meets? The author, Jean Craighead George, does a great job at painting a picture of the Everglades through her imagery and detail. This story is also easy to relate to, as everyone has doubts about beliefs of other people sometime in his/her life. However, this detail often made the book difficult to understand. This book would be a good choice for multicultural studies in the classroom; however, the teacher would need to be reading and discussing with the students. If I had trouble with it children definitely would. Personally, I don't think I will ever read this book again, but after reading the review by a third grader, I see that it is possible to enjoy it. I believe the key to a child enjoying the book is the help of his/her teacher. So, from a future teacher's viewpoint, if you liked the book, read it to others, otherwise, stay away from it; and, if you haven't read it yet, I wouldn't recommend it.
 Talking Earth Review December 4, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Talking Earth is a very exciting book to read. The main character, Billie Wind, is a doubter of her tribe's beliefs and has to be punished. For her punishment, she chose to go to the Everglades to learn about her tribe's beliefs. There, Billie makes friends like Petang, the otter, Coootchobee, a panther, and Burden, a turtle. How will Billie Wind survive in the dangerous Everglades? Will she survive? Read the book to find out.Billie Wind developed from the beginning of the book to the end. In the beginning of the book Billie Wind didn't care about her tribe's traditions. As time went by, though, she started to use the traditions to survive. At the end of the book, Billie tried to make Oats Tiger (now known as Hurricane Tiger) believe in the traditions. Billie Wind has learned much from her punishment and is using it to teach others. Kerra S.
Grade 5
Mr. Sizemore's class
Pleasant Plains Elementary
For 3rd-graders and up only! July 12, 2001
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I read this book in second grade, and i really didn't like it. That was because i didn't understand it. At the age of 9, 4th grade, i read it again with my class, and it became one of my all-time favorite books.It's about an indian girl named Billie Wind, who doesn't believe in the Indian spirits, so the council sends her into the Everglades to stay until she believes in the spirits. SHe stays and learns to take care of herself in the wild, befriends an otter and panther, and survives hurricanes and fires also. THIS IS A MUST READ FOR ANYONE THAT THIS SOUNDS EVEN VAGUELY INTERESTING.
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