Review: An Intriguing Adventure Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 27, 2013
I enjoyed this well written adventure story about two Native American kids, Tala and Dason. Their mother, Anjij, had died in an accident. Their father, Tom, left the kids to raise themselves. Tala was thirteen years old and her brother was 8 years old. Susan, their mother's friend and next door neighbor, proved to be a nosey, overbearing spy. She kept tabs on the children, much to their dismay. Susan believed in the "Good Samaritan Law" and wanted to make a report that the children were not being properly cared for. When Tom went missing, Tala and Dason decided to go searching for their father. Their cat, Thunder, had also gone missing. During their adventure in the woods searching for their missing father, the kids found a huge black feather that they were sure belonged to Culloo, a ferocious black bird that snatched people. They also found a dead brown bear, the victim of poachers. In the end, Tala was the heroine when the kids did find their father, who was injured and was being held prisoner.