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| The Talking Earth | 
| Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Category: Book
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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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 A thrilling story of the Everglades July 2, 2001
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Here is yet another splendid story from Jean Craighead George, a Newbery Award-winning author of many spectacular nature stories for young readers. As she did in her classic JULIE OF THE WOLVES, Ms. George again combines details on Native American culture, animal behavior, and a unique environment to produce a dramatic and engaging story. THE TALKING EARTH is the story of Billie Wind, a young Seminole girl who lives with her tribe in the Florida Everglades. When she is accused of being a doubter, for not believing in her tribe's legends and myths, which often sound rather preposterous to her, she is sent off to live on her own in the River of Grass, to fend for herself and to listen to "the talking Earth" and learn what its speech means to her. While on her quest she learns to hunt and to build, to eat wild foods and make shelters and transportation out of the things she can find in the wilderness (sound familiar? Ms. George also wrote the favorite MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN trilogy, which concerns a boy who runs off to the Catskill Mountains to live on his own and fend for himself.) Billie Wind meets three animals that change her life forever--a giant panther cub, a playful otter, and a stoic turtle--and their adventures make the book all the more enjoyable. A fire, a hurricane, and other natural disasters threaten, but Billie Wind, a fine heroine, comes out all right in the end, with a better understanding of the world around her. I thought that more could be done to stress how important our environment is and what kids can do to protect it, but all in all THE TALKING EARTH becomes one of Ms. George's most well-researched, wise, and engaging books. Other fascinating stories concerning the threatened Everglades are a picture book, EVERGLADES, a breathtaking story that is wonderfully illustrated by Wendell Minor, and an Ecological Mystery for older readers, THE MISSING 'GATOR OF GUMBO LIMBO, which has even more about the wildlife in the Everglades, and is also a good mystery. But whichever of Jean Craighead George's 80+ nature stories one chooses, one always comes away with a more excited appreciation of our miraculous environment.
 By An Award Winning Author? May 14, 2001
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Being the first book that I have ever read by Jean Craighead George, I do not know that I would ever read another piece of her work. This book was truly boring. What starts out to sound like a very interesting story turns out to be an extremely slow ride to a not-so-climactic ending. I read this book to my 4th graders a few weeks ago and it was torture to sit down and read aloud. I kept waiting for something exciting to happen, but it never did. I must admit that George does a nice job of describing nature in the Everglades and giving a decent message about protecting the environment, but the story just lacks in so many areas (character development, plot, flow, climax)that I couldn't wait for it to be over.
Talking Earth May 4, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is great for people who like adventure and survival stories. I would give it three and a half stars out of five. Billie Wind is sent out into the dangerous pay-hay-okee forest for a night because she does not believe that animals talk. A fire starts in the forest and while she waits for it to end she makes a friend. When the fire ends she does not know her way home and is there for much longer than a night. Will she make it back to her home? Will animals ever talk to her?
 The Talking Earth March 20, 2001
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Talking Earth has a good starting and in the middle, there were lots of interesting parts. I liked the boook pretty much. There were a lot of actions, that is what the main character did. I really like the middle parts of it, but the ending wasn't that good. In the story, they have wierd names like: Billie Wind, Charlie Wind and Oats Tiger. I just want to make it clear that Billie Wind is a girl. I really liked the part where Billie Wind met the otter, it was really cool. But I thought the ending wasn't that good. But I think you should read it.
The Talking Earth March 20, 2001
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I think this book is very interesting the way Billie Wind talks to the animals. But though the ending, it wasn't very good. I don't understand why they call the book the "The Talking Earth". When Billie Wind met Oats Tiger, I thought his name was very outstanding. I liked when Billie Wind met Petang, the otter.
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