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Jackie's Wild Seattle
by
Will Hobbs
Heart-stopping adventure on the wild side of Seattle!How do you rescue a coyote trapped in the elevator of a downtown office building? How do you save an injured seal at the bottom of a cliff with the tide coming in? Fourteen-year-old Shannon and her younger brother, Cody, are about to find out as they spend a summer of breathless, sometimes reckless, often hilarious adven...more
Paperback, 208 pages
Published
April 13th 2004
by HarperCollins
(first published 2003)
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Time: A few years after 911
Place: Seattle, WA (doy)
199 pages
This book had a great story/concept. I loved how this rehab center for animals accepted any injured or abandoned creature. Even mice! I loved the "stay for the summer" scenario too. Some good twists to add some interest (maybe too many though).
Unfortunately, I thought the story's writing lacked luster, patience, and genuine emotion. The worst part was the cover's scene - it was filled with intensity, hope and interest, but the scene hap...more
Place: Seattle, WA (doy)
199 pages
This book had a great story/concept. I loved how this rehab center for animals accepted any injured or abandoned creature. Even mice! I loved the "stay for the summer" scenario too. Some good twists to add some interest (maybe too many though).
Unfortunately, I thought the story's writing lacked luster, patience, and genuine emotion. The worst part was the cover's scene - it was filled with intensity, hope and interest, but the scene hap...more
This was a really good animal rescue book. Very interesting and adventurous!
Author: Will Hobbs
Title: Jackie’s Wild Seattle
Genre: animal
Publication Info: HarperCollins. New York. 2003.
Recommended Age: 9 and up
Plot Summary: Shannon and Cody have to spend the summer with Uncle Neal in Seattle while their parents, both doctors, travel to Pakistan and Afghanistan to help treat refugees. The kids are unsure of their uncle at first, not having spent much time with him before. They quickly warm up to him and to his schedule. Uncle Neal drives an ambulance and rescues wounded an...more
Title: Jackie’s Wild Seattle
Genre: animal
Publication Info: HarperCollins. New York. 2003.
Recommended Age: 9 and up
Plot Summary: Shannon and Cody have to spend the summer with Uncle Neal in Seattle while their parents, both doctors, travel to Pakistan and Afghanistan to help treat refugees. The kids are unsure of their uncle at first, not having spent much time with him before. They quickly warm up to him and to his schedule. Uncle Neal drives an ambulance and rescues wounded an...more
Apr 06, 2011
Samiah Lowe
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This book was a great short book. It had a main character names jackie which was a teen girl that loved animals and found every oppertuinty to be with them. I would recommend this book to higher elementary students and lower middle school students. This book kept me interested had a great plot with a small amount of suspense and had very good visuals in it.
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Dealing with death, grief, anxiety and the larger problems of societal violence find their way into this fast-paced story of an intrepid animal rescue team. A teen and her younger brother get to take part in the adventure while their parents are in war-torn areas providing free medical service. 6th-7th grade
I think this book is good and interesting because it talks about how Neal,Shannon,and Cody saves animals or if there not hurt but are in someones house and they don't do anything and just call,Neal picks up the animal and takes it some where to live, with no buildings around.
Here's what Jessica P. had to say about this book:
Overview: Shannon and her brother go to Seattle to stay with their uncle, who they barely know.
This book ROCKS because: All the danger and excitement in it and how Shannon risks her life to save a baby seal.
Overview: Shannon and her brother go to Seattle to stay with their uncle, who they barely know.
This book ROCKS because: All the danger and excitement in it and how Shannon risks her life to save a baby seal.
I enjoyed this book. It was more for a middle school age reader, but it was exciting and had a lot of information about animal rescue. In fact, according to the author, it was based on a real animal rescue center. The characters are believable and the descriptions are vivid.
This book was recommended to me by Kaitlyn...thanks, Katy! I love animals (I cried for days after I ran over a baby bird in my car) and reading about a rescue facility was just right up my alley-it made me want to start a rescue mission of my own!
For animal lovers. 14-year-old Shannon and her little brother spend the summer with their uncle, helping at a wildlife rescue center. Interesting and realistic animal situations, but beware that the results of animal abuse is included.
Hobbs writes one from a female perspective! My daughter Charlene loved it, especially as animals galore are rescued. Pretty moving stuff, actually. Several tough dilemmas are deftly handled by a master storyteller.
I read this book in 5th grade. I believe I chose it because Seattle is a city in my home state, Washington. It turned out to be hilarious at times and an overall great book! I recommend it to everyone!
(youth review) This story had all kinds of things going on in it and made it hard to follow sometimes but I enjoyed reading it. ~Kristina, 3rd grade, MIS
This is a very good book. I enjoyed all the accurate detail on handling animals.
Mar 07, 2011
Jenni
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
contemporary,
swedish-books
I remember I really liked the feel of this plot.
Swedish title: En annorlunda sommar
Swedish title: En annorlunda sommar
Great Book
Everyone Should read
One of the best books I read
Everyone Should read
One of the best books I read
This book is so so cute! I highly reccomend it to everyone,it has funny charecters, an interesting plot and great writing! It is about two kids fourteen year old Shannon, and her little seven year old brother Cody stay a whole summer in Seattle, Washington with their uncle Neal. He works the "ambulance" (his old rusty truck) for Jackies Wild Seattle, a sanctuary for injured wild animals. My favorite charecter in this book is Cody, because he reminds me alot of my younger cousins and has an energ...more
This book was very good. I don't think the cover does it any favors though. It's hard to tell enough of the story to get kids interested though. Actually the most interesting aspect of the story is that it was partially based on a true story. It just shows how amazing animals are and how much we have to learn from them.
This is one of my favorite books!! I am a librarian, and when my students ask me for a good book, I always recommend this one. I met Will Hobbs at the Missouri Association for School Librarians Conference in April 2006. He autographed my copy of the book. He also said it is based on real characters and events. Enjoy!
I thought that this book was good because I personally love animals and I could really see myself in this young girls place. Another thing I liked about this book was that it had sad parts in it but she had to learn how to deal with them even while she was working at the animal rescue center.
Really cute book for older elementary kids or younger middle school. My mom gave a copy of this to my boys but I am the only one in the house who has read it. Again, I like that it is set in the Seattle area and the places are familiar.
This is my favorite Will Hobbs book so far! The characters were very nicely drawn and the include enough animals to satisfy any wildlife lover.
Jun 26, 2008
Sharon
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
kids 9-12 age group
Recommended to Sharon by:
Just knowing the author.
This is a little different than what I am used to from this author. It was good, but in a less dramatic way. Good though.
Jackie spends the summer with her uncle in Seattle by helping him as he works to save injured wild animals.
Reread in February, 2012, for the Mother/Daughter Book Club.
This is a fun read for young animal lovers.
This book is decent. There are some surprises.
It was short and kind of animal oriented.
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WILL HOBBS is the author of seventeen novels for upper elementary, middle school and young adult readers, as well as two picture book stories. Seven of his novels, Bearstone, Downriver, The Big Wander, Beardance, Far North, The Maze, and Jason's Gold, were named Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association. ALA also named Far North and Downriver to their list of the 100 Best You...more
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