Beardance

By Armstrong Sperry

Book Overview

Riding into the mountains with his friend Walter in search of a lost gold mine, Cloyd hears a report that a mother grizzly with cubs has been sighted. With the help of a grizzly expert, Cloyd finds the bears, but when the cubs are orphaned it's up to Cloyd, staying up in the mountains alone, to keep them alive.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689318677
• ISBN13: 9780689318672
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

BearDance

If you like the outdoors, then you will love Beardance. The book takes place in the wilderness of Colorado. The Weminuche Wilderness. When I was reading this book, I was sad, fascinated and surprised. The book had some gory parts in it, that is what made it surprising. Some parts in the book made me fill like I was actually there in the wild with the grizzly bears. The characters remind me of my Grandpa and I because...

A must for lovers of the outdoors.

Will Hobbs has an amazing way of taking the reader inside the book and planting him in the middle of the mountains along with Cloyd. I thought Bearstone was excellent; but it doesn't compare to this one. To think of a young boy devoting his life to keeping the bear cubs alive is awesome. My students loved Far North and will probably love this one even more. I highly recommend all of Hobb's books to my reading students...

The book is well worth reading any time or any age.

Beardance is a book you just don't put it down until you finish it. On a scale from 1-5, I would rate this book a four and a half because, it teaches children and adults about things that if you put your mind to something and you have enough determination, you can get anything done. Cloyd goes back to the mountains with the old man to find more grizzly bears in Colorado. He finds two little cuds and the Fish and Wildlife...

Great book!

I read this book because I enjoyed another book by the same author(Far North) and I was curious about his other books. I found Beardance to be even better. Even though I haven't read Bearstone, I now want to because of the excellence of this one. Will Hobbs' books are always realistic, enjoyable, and easy to picture. I am looking forward to reading Bearstone now.

A book, anyone who loves bears and Colorado should read it..

Beardance is a book you just don't put down until you finished it. It is a wonderful book, which teaches children (and adults!) in a very careful way about spirituality, determination, endurance and love for animals. The description of the San Juans/Colorado just makes you longing to go there. The insight in the problem of endangered species lets you think about standing up for the rights of all the animals and the power...