Seekers, Great Bear Lake

Author: Erin Hunter

Pages read: 300/300

Genre: Fantasy, Adventure

Summary

Toklo dislikes swimming, because he thinks that the spirits of the dead bears live in the flowing water. When he is in water, Toklo thinks that there is a big connection between him and the spirit bear, as if he can touch them physically. He accidentally gets in the water, and starts drowning. He still believes that his mother and brother will help him get out, but it didn't happen. He almost got killed, and few seconds before his death, his mother and brother help him get out of the water. 

Every year, there is a ceremony for each of the race of the bears. White bears thank spirits for finishing the hot days, and bringing back longer nights, which means colder and cooler days. Now polar bears can hunt properly and live on the ice. Taste of the seal never tasted better for Kallik. The grizzly bears thank the spirit bears for giving them enough food to survive, and want extra food to survive over the winter. The oldest black bear thanks spirit bears for giving them healthy trees, and enough berries for survival, and also they want some extra berries to survive over the winter. Finally Taqqiq joined Kallik and her friends in their journey for the Pathway .

Response Section

This is our last blog post for the first quarter. This was great way for me to tell what happened in the story. It is really smart, and we write these blog post for our final essay, so we can use information from this posts and pt them in our essay. Also this is a way for teacher to see if we read our books on time. This book is really good , Hunter really showed how to change the story between the characters point of view. It is well known and well written novel. I liked how this book finished, how each of the bears prayed for better life and opportunities and how Taqqiq joined the crew at the very end of the story. This reading really fulfilled my expectations. I was surprised at the end that Taqqiq choose to come with Kallik, and I would really like to see what will happen in the next novel in this series. This was book number 2 from Seekers series. I think three of the characters will meet new problems and will need solutions to solve them, I need to get book number three of this series. I am really satisfied of what I read this past six weeks.

Passage Section

" As Lusa padded along, she looked up as the sky began to brighten and the Bear Watcher faded in the orange light of dawn."

"Thank you for watching over us," she whispered. "We will see you again soon."

This was the ending of this novel, where Lusa was thanking the star tat was watching over her, and hoping to see it again, but now she has her new family.