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Meyers' Creek
by Connie Brummel Crook
Review by Chuck Anderson, Grade 7
Range Lake North School
Yellowknife, NT
February 27, 1996 updated
What happened between chapter 3 and chapter 18:
The men let Mary come along on the raid. They visited their Grandparents
house, and then went on with the raid. It was successful, and they got a lot
of furiture and other valuables out of it. George (one of Mary's brothers)
and Mary went to get their old dog, Boots. They all went back to the farm. A
few months later, John (a family friend) married Catherine (a sister of Mary).
Mary was a little jealous. John and Catherine went to John's cabin in the
woods. John traded mostly with natives in the area. Somewhere along the way,
Catherine got pregnant. Months passed, and about 2 weeks before she gave
birth, Mary came to stay and bring Catherine home when it was almost time.
Mary discovered that she didn't like John any more and they sort of became
enemies. At the cabin, some natives came and stole the rum that was in a shed.
John, Catherine and Mary left to go the the farm, but they had to stop in an
old hunting cabin of John's because of rain. Catherine had the baby in there.
Setting:
The setting moves along with the main character, Mary. John's has a small two
room log cabin in the woods. It has windows, table, chairs, beds ect.
Outside, there is an area surrounded by a solid wooden fence. Near the gate,
there is a small cabin which is John's trading post. It has many items to
trade to people. Out behind the cabin, there is a small shed and a vegetable
garden. The shed has barrels of rum in it, which are covered with straw.
As the story goes along, John, Catherine and Mary come to a very small cabin
John has for when he's away. It is in the middle of the woods, surrounded by
trees. There's nothing very special about it, and it has the usual bed, table
and chairs.
What I think about the book so far:
It's pretty good. The writing level is constant, and it is well paced. I
can't complain about the descriptions of things, and I now understand a
portion of the adventure that was missing in the first 3 chapters.
Meyers' Creek was exciting from the minute I began reading. Its riveting description took my breath away and caused a spellbinding effect that wouldn't let me put the book down.
It's about a self-determined nineteen year old girl named Mary Meyers. Her familly moves to a new country, Canada, with many dangers that are extremely well displayed in this book.
Connie B. Crook makes me feel very passionately about all the characters. Their personalities are very distinct. And the literature was so beautiful that it made me laught and cry.
I felt immediately drawn into the story, and it didn't take long to enter the plot.
Mary, Catherine, Tobias, George, Leonard, Jacob, Anna, Lucy, John, Polly and Hans fight through many struggles. Their struggles make them grow to be more mature and it's easy to like all of them.
Then as if the story were not enought itself, at the end I learn that these people really existed and I felt even stronger about it. I think everyone should read this book. It was thoroughly enjoyable and exciting.
Meyers' Creek is a true story of a real family. It's a book that's full of dangerous, sad, and exciting moments that will make you think you were there. The words in the book are very descriptive, and the dialogue is great.
One of the main characters in the book is Mary Meyers, a nineteen year old girl who is looking for adventure. Together, she and her family face danger, heartache, and happiness throughout this long book.
I would recommend this book to older readers, like Grade six, Junior High, etc. But I'm sure that whoever reads it will be wanting to read more books written by this great author: Connie Brummel Crook.
Published by
The Manitoba Library Association
ISSN 1201-9364