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| Plot Summary of The Moccasin Trail |
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"The Moccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw is about a teenage boy named Jim. He was taken by Crow Indians and grew up as one after being attacked by a bear at the age of nine. Jim is white and was attacked while on a hunting trip with his uncle. Unfortunately, he gradually forgets that he is British. So when a letter comes to him from his real family, he leaves the Indians and goes home.
The question is will he survive the wilderness and get to his family in time? And if he does, will his family accept him?"
alisa, Resident Scholar
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"A white boy named Jim runs away from home at the age of nine. He misses his mom but is afraid to go home for fear of punishment. He survives in the wilderness for two years but shoots a bear, is hurt, and almost dies. He wakes up three days later and is taken care of by Crow Indians. He runs away from them a 6 years later when a Crow Indian proudly shows off a white man's scalp. He hears his family is trying to find him and needs help. He finds his way back to them but has trouble fitting in. In the end his family accepts him. "
audrey, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- American colonial period
Inside culture (main char)
- American Indian
Culture clash?
- family young v. old guard
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Age 11-14
Outside culture (society)
- American Northeast
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- American Indian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an above average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 ()
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Prairie?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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