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Boy of the Painted Cave
"Set in the Cro-Magnon era, this story of Tao, who longs to be a cave artist, features a boy whose talent is viewed as a curse, making it impossible to be one of the Chosen Ones . . . a strong plot with a wealth of well-researched details".--Booklist. "A beautfully written story about a prehistoric boy".--Publishers Weekly.
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
April 16th 1996
by Puffin Books
(first published 1988)
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i luv it i luv justin bieber
Read this because my daughter did a book report on it. Those school book assignments always seem to be the worst books. I almost gave it 3 stars, because it wasn't as bad as some of the others, but 2-1/2 stars is more like it. Just kind of boring, but really how much can you expect from a story that takes place 20,000 years ago?
Had to read this for school.
It was terrible I think.
And totally not on level with 8th grade reading. It was less than 100 pages, not much content, completely boring.
We only read it because of social studies, we're studying the same topic.
I thought it was very boring and people should not read this book.
It was terrible I think.
And totally not on level with 8th grade reading. It was less than 100 pages, not much content, completely boring.
We only read it because of social studies, we're studying the same topic.
I thought it was very boring and people should not read this book.
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I couldn't finish this story because of the poor writing. It was an interesting story line, but it really didn't keep me reading because of it's difficulty. I mean it's easy to read, just boring. A great story was told poorly is all I'm saying. I got half way through before abandoning it. Two stars.
You don't see too many historical fiction books for children with a Cro-Magnon, prehistoric setting like this book. It seems to be fairly well researched and helps one to think about what it would have been like to live at that time period and it might lead to further searching for cave paintings, especially in France, which seem to be what these were like.
This book is just amazing and packed with thrilling events. Also this is a book i would recamend to everyone i meet. This book is good for 10-13 year olds.
This was a very good book! I not only liked it I loved it!!!!!!!!!
i thought that the first part was boring
the last part was OK
the last part was OK
I don't remember much about this, but I think it was pretty good =).
This book was one of those few books that I hated.
Maddie
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there was like no point to this book.
its a nice story
I think this book is great so far, but I am not finished yet!!!!
great
not the best book, but i have to read it for school.
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I read this book last year with my teacher. I thought it was very interesting. Its about the times with all the cave men and everything. Tao, the boy, is a handicap and the men in the tribe don't let him go to hunt or paint in the caves. So he starts seeing the chaman and he starts giving him hints and advices of what he could do about it. We even made two or three projects about this book. I really recommend it to my whole classroom.
I read this book last year with my teacher. I thought it was very interesting. Its about the times with all the cave men and everything. Tao, the boy, is a handicap and the men in the tribe don't let him go to hunt or paint in the caves. So he starts seeing the chaman and he starts giving him hints and advices of what he could do about it. We even made two or three projects about this book. I really recommend it to my whole classroom.
This one my six grade teacher read aloud to class, and it wriggled into my brain so that everyday I was coming home and giving my Mom a chapter update (which she'd pretend to listen to). I'm really glad Mrs. Naus decided to feature this one in class- I never forgot it.
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Good story. It is a kids' book, but a well told story. I kept looking for the big parallel, trying to make it a metaphor for something. It may be there, but I wasn't able to get my head around it - more of handicapped home town boy makes good.
14-year-old Tao, a boy with a bad foot, yearns to be a cave painter and to draw animals of his prehistoric times, despite several taboos.
okkkk...... this book was alrite. we read it in history it was ok kinda boring about the likke stone age r whatever
its an ok book. if you like real stories about things that could have happened to caveman the n read this
we all read it in history and i liked it because the boy did some thing he wasn't and eventuly was aloud 2!!
i loved it it was the best book i've ever read.
anc civ book......................
omg!grrrrrr
Brooklynn
marked it as to-read
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