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The Haymeadow

By: Gary Paulsen
Narrated by: Richard Thomas
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Fourteen-year-old John Barron is asked, like his father and grandfather before him, to spend the summer taking care of their sheep in the haymeadow. Six thousand sheep. John will be alone, except for two horses, four dogs, and all those sheep.

John doesn't feel up to the task, but he hopes that if he can accomplish it, he will finally please his father. But John finds that the adage "things just to sheep" is true when the river floods, coyotes attack, and one dog's feet get cut. Through it all he must rely on his own resourcefulness, ingenuity, and talents to survive this summer in the haymeadow.

©1992 Gary Paulsen (P)1999 Dell Audio Action & Adventure Animal Fiction Animals Animals & Nature Literature & Fiction

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"...another fine adventure from Paulsen, who deftly blends an action-packed plot and a likable character..." (Booklist)

"The action is nonstop...will have readers plunging over each cliffhanger into the next crisis until they finish the book." (The Bulletin, recommended)
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The reader matched the character I think very well. The story line felt like it was very possible. There was lack and pain. There was solving and calm , beauty and excitement.

This is a calming disaster.

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To much music! I enjoyed the story, great story.
Love the narrator but the music was a bit much for me.

Love the story.

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long time favorite. always loved this book from an early age . never seems to get old.

keep a horse to hand

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This book is one of my favorites. The background music was terrible. You can barley hear the narrator reading. Please take the music out of the story!!

Love the story. Hate the music.

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I loved this book and it was insane how John did all of that stuff and still survived

I loved this book

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The narrator often reduced his voice to a near whisper. Impossible for me to hear with road noise in my car.

Great story but ...

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very good good good good good good good good good good good good good the only bad is nothing

good

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I love this book. My brother and i use to listen to it as kids.

childhood memories .

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Narrator talks too quiet, and too LOUD. if you want hearing loss it's a great book. I do not recommend it's a waste of money because of the narrator

Hard to hear

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I loved the story and the narrator was wonderful! However, whoever produced or edited this book seriously hindered it by overlaying loud music that drowned out the narrator. I could still hear him but I had to turn up the volume quite a bit in the car.

A short fantastic survival story!

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