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Newbery Honor Book. If you like animal fiction, this book is for you!
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This book is practically required reading for any child that goes through the school system in Edgerton, Wi where the author is from and where this book is set! (Brailsford Junction is the made up town name)
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a Newbery honor book - enjoyable!
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A boy and a rocoon share friendship and adventures.
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The classic tale of an unforgettable friendship.
Good book,
Skunks, woodchucks, a crow named Poe, an absent-minded father, an eighteen foot, half-finished canoe in the living roomwelcome to the North home! Nothings surprising at the North residence. Not even eleven-year-old Sterlings new pet raccoon. Rascal is only a baby when young Sterling brings him home to join his unusual family. The mischievous raccoon and Sterling are partners and best friends for a perfect year of adventureswimming, fishing, exploring the countryside togetheruntil the spring day when everything suddenly changes and Sterling realizes he must let Rascal go. This heartwarming and delightful memoir of a boys friendship with a wild animal, and his growing awareness of the world around him, has become a treasured classic. Rascal has taken his place among literatures most captivating and endearing animals.
A Newbery Honor Book
An ALA Notable Childrens Book
A NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book
cover with diff pic... B&W sketch of boy and racoon
Skunks, woodchucks, a crow named Poe, an absent-minded father, an eighteen foot, half-finished canoe in the living roomwelcome to the North home! Nothings surprising at the North residence. Not even eleven-year-old Sterlings new pet raccoon. Rascal is only a baby when young Sterling brings him home to join his unusual family. The mischievous raccoon and Sterling are partners and best friends for a perfect year of adventureswimming, fishing, exploring the countryside togetheruntil the spring day when everything suddenly changes and Sterling realizes he must let Rascal go. This heartwarming and delightful memoir of a boys friendship with a wild animal, and his growing awareness of the world around him, has become a treasured classic. Rascal has taken his place among literatures most captivating and endearing animals.
A Newbery Honor Book
An ALA Notable Childrens Book
A NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book
cover with diff pic... B&W sketch of boy and racoon
Pre teens will love this delightful story of the friendliest raccoon on earth.
"Everyone should knock off work, sit beneath the nearest tree, and enjoy RASCAL, from cover to cover."--Chicago Tribune
What a great book. It was the genesis for my own desire to have a pet racoon as a child.
"Everyone should knock off work, sit beneath the nearest tree, and enjoy Rascal from cover to cover."-Chicago Tribune
Book is illustrated.
Book is illustrated.
Written by Sterling North
Skunks, woodchucks, a crow named Poe, an absentminded father, and an 18-foot, half-finished canoe filling the livingroom-welcome to the North home! Rascal is only a baby when Sterling brings him home to join the menagerie. But soon the mischievous racoon is ready to join Sterling win swimming, fishing, and camping excursions. They're partners and best friends for a perfect year of adventure-until the spring day when suddenly everything changes.
Skunks, woodchucks, a crow named Poe, an absentminded father, and an 18-foot, half-finished canoe filling the livingroom-welcome to the North home! Rascal is only a baby when Sterling brings him home to join the menagerie. But soon the mischievous racoon is ready to join Sterling win swimming, fishing, and camping excursions. They're partners and best friends for a perfect year of adventure-until the spring day when suddenly everything changes.
This book is great for boys 5th -6th grade that like to read about animals and historical times.
This is a true hardcover story of a boy who befriended a wild raccoon.
This is a very good book for a middle schooler.
If your school does Accelerated Reading, this book is AR. It was pretty good, but I liked North's "the wolfling" better.
While the author as a boy struggled with changes and problems in his life he had a wonderful, if hard to cope with, friend - his raccoon Rascal.
At Camp Sequoyah, a couple of different years, cabin counselors read this book to us at night before we slept (by kerosene lamp, naturally). But between other things interfering, and frequently going on overnight camping trips away from the cabin, and the real shortness of a summer, I never heard the whole book.
So this book was a nostalgic closure on a sense of longing the memory of the boy and the raccoon have held on me for 30 years.
While the book isn't as evocative as I remembered (as a child, the narrative of the first hearing of a whippoorwill was full and sweet. the soliloquy on his father's gift of long life, and his mother's which was less than half, which made me ponder for many days, stretching into years, is basically one line and so doesn't actually exist), it still captures a part of childhood and a bit of magic wonderfully. And Rascal is really irresistible.
So this book was a nostalgic closure on a sense of longing the memory of the boy and the raccoon have held on me for 30 years.
While the book isn't as evocative as I remembered (as a child, the narrative of the first hearing of a whippoorwill was full and sweet. the soliloquy on his father's gift of long life, and his mother's which was less than half, which made me ponder for many days, stretching into years, is basically one line and so doesn't actually exist), it still captures a part of childhood and a bit of magic wonderfully. And Rascal is really irresistible.
This classic tale of an unforgettable friendship is a famous Newberry Honor Book. "Everyone should knock off work, sit beneath the nearest tree, and enjoy Rascal from cover to cover" -Chicago Tribune
CUTE BOOK!
An amazing book!
An absolutely charming tale of a young (11-12) boy, his pet raccoon, and their adventures and discoveries in a simpler, kinder time. Even if you are not an animal lover, you will appreciate the personality & inteligence of these unique creatures.
This is the cuts book out there
