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GHOST CANOE BY WILL HOBBS

GHOST CANOE BY WILL HOBBS. BOOK TALK Presented by Ethan Bradley October 25, 2010. HOOK It was a stormy and foggy night on the remote Tatoosh island off of the Olympic Peninsula

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GHOST CANOE BY WILL HOBBS

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  1. GHOST CANOE BY WILL HOBBS BOOK TALK Presented by Ethan Bradley October 25, 2010

  2. HOOK It was a stormy and foggy night on the remote Tatoosh island off of the Olympic Peninsula 14 year old Nathan was working at the lighthouse when the fog parted for a moment and he saw stunned-looking sailors In the morning, Nathan discovered the ship got wrecked and there were no survivors. But what about the unexplained footprints on the beach?

  3. SUMMARY • Nathan & Lighthouse George from the Makah tribe paddle around and hunting for salmon, seal & whales. • Along the way, they discover clues to the missing survivor. This photo album contains sample pages to get you started. To add your own pages, click the Home tab, then click the New Slide gallery. • The shipwreck’s captain was found with knife stuck through his body. Why was the captain murdered? • Nathan saw a flickering fire at Fuca’s Pillar and a hairy man with a knife a sea cove • A suspicious new man came to town and Nathan saw him digging up a graveyard. What was he looking for?

  4. RECOMMENDATION • I recommend this book because it makes you want to know what is going to happen next • You’ll like it because the story takes place here in Washington on the • Olympic Peninsula in the 1870s • The book won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Mystery • Anyone who wants an adventure and mystery will be guaranteed to like this book!

  5. CLOSING Nathan finds an old Makah canoe hanging in the trees It is a ghost canoe I’m going to read you part of the book when he discovers the canoe (read paragraph on p 54) What is this ghost canoe? What is hidden in it? Why is the suspicious new man in town so interested in it? Read Ghost Canoe to find out!

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