Kokopelli's Flute is a good but confusing book. That's why I give it 4 stars. It's about a boy that has a dog.The boy learns about pothunters that are stealing and desroying ancient artifacts! The boy (who's name is Tep) gets the ability to turn into a rat. That ability helps him sometimes. Tep has many adventures before he meets an old man named Cricket. Later in the book, Tep finds out that Cricket is really a special person. Then Tep has even more adventures. But he has to finish his last one before his mother dies! Can he make it? Read Kokopelli's Flute to find out!

KOKOPELLI'S FLUTE IS A GREAT BOOK FOR ANYONE. I GAVE IT FOUR STARS INSTEAD OF FIVE BEACAUSE ALTHOUGH IT WAS GOOD, IT WAS AT TIMES VERY CONFUSING. IT'S ABOUT A BOY NAMED TEPARY JONES. HE GOES DOWN TO A PLACE CALLED PICTURE HOUSE. IT'S AN OLD HOUSE LEFT BY THE ANCIENT ONES IN THE DESERT WHERE TEPARY AND HIS FAMILY LIVE. HE HEARS POTHUNTERS BEHIND HIM TRYING TO STEAL ANYTHING VALUABLE. THE POTHUNTERS FIND A MEDICINE MAN'S BUNDLE AND DROP AN OLD FLUTE OUT OF THE BUNDLE. WHEN THEY LEAVE TEPARY CAN'T RESIST AND HE PUTS THE FLUTE TO HIS LIPS. WHEN HE DOES, HE GETS DIZZY AND DIZZY AND DIZZIER UNTIL HE SUDDENLY IS NOT TEPARY!! WHAT IS THE MAGICAL SECRET OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY FLUTE? IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THEN READ THE BOOK!

The enchanting magical story of Kokopelli's Flute definetely deserves a 5 star rating.Confusing, yet fascinating, it is another great book from Will Hobbs.I would recomend this book for ages 10 and above.If you like magical stories about the ancient peoples of the Southwest, read this book.

Chages in Latitudes, by Will Hobbs, was a very good book. I wouldn't exactly say it was interesting, it's just like all his other stories; over-exaggerated, to much involvement with nature, a bit of suspense, and his characters lack common sense. Don't get me wrong, I'm just saying this becasue I'm more a fan of romance than nature. I mean I'm not expecting any book in general to be off edge, and completely interesting at all times, I just think that the author could have did a little more to capture his audience.
The beginning of the book was a little slow. It was all this talk about leaving, dad not wanting to come, and mushy, useless, crying stuff. I think that the beginning should have been the grabbing point; you know grab the reader before he sneaks away. I also have some other disturbing views that I think should be recognized. I think that the over-obsession with the turtles that Teddy haedwas completely unneccessary, even if the book did focus on turtles.
I do have some positive things about this book though. For example, I like how Will Hobbs gives a little girl power in the earlier section of this book. He didn't discriminate and give her the role of being the stuck-up, goody two shoes, like she is. They had only been in their hotel for about thirty minutes, and she was flirting with a handsome and rich Hispanic man who grabbed her heart, held on to it, and then squeezed it in a all throwing it like a fast pitch pitcher in soft-ball.
I recommend this book only to people who have the whole world's time on their hands and have nothing better to do, and would like to see that the book that I read was not all it cracked up to be. This book is prodigal, and I regret have choosing to read this book, instead of some of the better choices that I had. I don't recommend this book to peopole who, like me, are smart, and have taken this book review into consideration for their next book choice.

Wow. This was a wonderful book. It was touching, sweet and it will make you cry. It will get down into you and touch your heart: the happiness, the sadness, the warmth, the anger, the love and brotherhood. Another reason I enjoyed the book so much was the action and adventure.For example, in one part Teddy, the little bo,) runs away. When the family goes to look for him they can't find him. Finally they find him, whether he's dead or alive is for you to find out.

When I decided to read this book, I had no idea it would turn out to be one of Will's best. The interaction between the two brothers is riveting. I could not put the book down. Keep the kleenex handy, you will need the entire box. The different setting is absolutely fantastic.

A story about a boy named Short Tail, who is afriad that Grandfather bear has not survived the winter. No one has seen the bear, and it is past springtime. So Short Tail decides to climb the mountain and see if the bear is still alive. When he gets there he sees that the bear is still sleeping. Short Tail wakes the bear, and the bear takes him to a special meeting place of the bears. While at this place, the bears dance to celebrate the ending of winter. Grandfather bear tells Short Tail to go back and show his people the dance so they can do it also. It is a good story about why the Natives dance.

This book displays the great respect for wildlife that Native Americans have. The telling of the Ute's relationship with the bears is an old tale that is presented well with this book. The beautiful paintings in the book reflect what is written in the pages with subtle dreamlike messages throughout. As an educator, this book will be an asset to my collection for my students.

This book really put the fact that being alone is not a good idea into perspective. The book did have somewhat of a dramatic plot. It was like a heartrate line, the suspense came and went throughout the book. The characters were beyond realistic. Cloyd had a problem with the red-haired man, just like people have problems with other people in the world. This book also had a real place as the setting which was very neat! The book showed that "If you put your mind to it, you can do anything". This statement is true because Cloyd wanted so badly to climb the Rio Grande and he ..............................WAIT why would I tell you?

You'll just have to read it to find out!

Bearstone
By Will Hobbs
Published by Avon Camelot
Copyrighted in 1989

The main character name is Cloyd. The goal of the Cloyd was to have a home. The old man's love helped the character find his goal. The outcome is that the Cloyd start to live with the old man.
The setting is in Utah, on a mountain near the old man's ranch. It is true to life.
Cloyd is a person that likes to keep thing to himself. He can sometime get really mad that he decides to run away.
The old man was in a mine, on the trip to the mountain, looking for gold, in the mine called The Pride of the West. He was mining gold by using dynamites to blow up some of the cave and searching through the loose dirt and rock for ores. When the dynamite blew up, he would run out of the cave yelling, "Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole."
Read Bearstone and other book written by Will Hobbs, I highly recomend these books.

I first read this book at the age of 10,and 5 years later I still remember it fondly. Since I'm part Indian myself,Cloyd's(weird name)story appealed to me. Hobbs helped me understand his feelings,his rough life in foster homes,and his temper flare-ups. Cloyd's identification with the powerful bear can inspire other alienated kids to cope with problems this way. I even have a turquoise bearstone like the one in the book(that was one reason I purchased the fetish). Soon,I'll buy the book as well,and the sequel. I highly reccomend this novel,and I reserve that phrase only for especially great books.

Beginning in the city of Dawson in the Yukon, Jason and his dreamgirl, Jamie, paddle a canoe in a race to Nome against hundreds of others! The time is the gold rush at the turn of the 1900s in the Yukon territory. The setting is colorful, with nods to the gambling, drinking, and dancing that took place during the time. Names from the old west, such as Wyatt Earp and Calamity Jane appear in the tale that gives a good sketch of what was taking place at the time.

The story begins well with a confrontation between the brothers and the Sydney Mauler and carries along well, but it did not seem believable. When Jamie and Jason venture to race together, I wondered how a teenage boy and girl travelling together would have been perceived and was somewhat disappointed that this aspect was ignored. Though Down the Yukon is the sequel to Jason's Gold, it most defnitely stands on its own as a story, and for that Will Hobbs is to be commended... I look forward to reading more of his work.

Crazy James

Down Yhe Yukon, was a very good book it had many exciting and interesting parts. I thought it had some very dull or boring parts to it though. It takes place after the gold rush in alaska with Jason Hawthorn, Jamie Dunavant, and A dog named Burnt Paw. Dawson City just burtn down and Jason lost his job and goes to join a race up the Yukon River to get his company back. He is in the race with Jamie the girl he loves and his dog Burnt Paw who saved from an famous boxer. While this race they go through many difficult and rough times.Its up to whether to see if wins the race now.