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Would you recommend this title for a 9 year old boy?

Mike Ballinger I read this for the first time when I was 14 and I think that was fine, must of been around 35 years ago now though.

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Where is Mowat's "Muddy Hole" actually? I tried to google it but I found out that the real "Muddy hole" is not located in Avalon Peninsula.

Boris Shapiro There are several places on Newfoundland called Muddy Hole, and, to the best of my knowledge, none can reliably claim the title of Mowat's Muddy Hole …moreThere are several places on Newfoundland called Muddy Hole, and, to the best of my knowledge, none can reliably claim the title of Mowat's Muddy Hole (especially since none of them are on the Avalon peninsula). But since Mowat himself described the mass relocation of villages, it is entirely likely that the village has long since vanished without a trace. Or that the actual village name wasn't Muddy Hole at all (a very likely thing, given Mowat' penchant for not exactly sticking to facts).(less)

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Has anyone ever found out what was the problem with the boat at the end? I was about to throw the book out of the window when on the almost last page it just says "I found the problem" without explaining what it was after a whole book!

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Did all of this really happen to Farley Mowat? I read that this book is supposed to be autobiographic, but some of this seems far-fetched.

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