Author: Larry Verstraete Publisher: Scholastic Canada Ltd.
Non-Fiction
"Flames shot into the air and oily wax smoke billowed into the morning sky over the Halifax, Nova Scotia, Harbour on the December 6, 1917." pg 2
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I really liked this book because of all the facts and adventures that have happened. Many people have been stuck in between choices and very little time to choose. One story that I really liked was about a little girl named Erica Pratt has been kidnapped by two men and locked her in the basement all tied up with only a bag of chips and some water. She heard the two men leave the building and she started chewing her way out. She got free but the door was locked shut so she broke the window and shouted for help. She was freed by a teenager, and the two men got arrested. That was very brave of Erica. Jenny 6
ReplyDeleteI really like this book because this helped with or scheme on the haiti earthequake and i really like the different adventure stories it had! I really enjoyed reading this book.
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this book cause it had many adventurous stories in it. It also had a story about this lady with two children. I think they were having a trip in Bahamahs and this HUGE wave came and swept them off thier feet and unless she let go of one of one of her children, they would all drown and die, so she had to think fast. She decided to let go of her oldest child (5 years old) and hoped he would survive. After the huge wave passed, the lady, her smallest child and her husband all started calling the oldest childs name over and over again. Finally a police officer appeared holding hands with her son! :) That story was a happy, sad and suspensful story! I REALLY enjoyed it!
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I really enjoyed this book becuase I liked reading the adventures that they've gone through and I like making connections like, have I heard something like this before or, what would I have done if I was put in these situations becuase, they are brave for what they have done and, maybe people think some of these people did the wrong decision but they were under a lot of pressure. One story in particular I enjoyed reading was about a mom in Thailand. It's about her and her kids having fun and then a huge wave appears and she had to make a big decision to either let the oldest son go or the youngest. She let the oldest son go thinking he would survive but luckily someone took the oldest son but later had to let him go. At the end of all the chaos and the screaming they found her son. I enjoyed this story so much but at one part I felt like crying when the oldest son looked into his mom's eyes and said "Please don't let me go". All in all great book.
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This book is a really good book because it is related to haiti and a little bit of a book I read Childrens Of War of the kidnapping.It also had many adventures of people around the world.One of the story that I really like when a men and his group were climbing Mount Everest and they say people dieng ,but they saw a men walking with them and he was starting to die ,and the mens help him survive and the mens were waiting help to come, when help came the put him in the helicopter and one mens didn't want to continue the jourey because he though he was going to make it ,and he would die in the journey so he went with the men and after a long break he continue his journey to make it to the top of Mount Everest! The book was really sad, but at the end Ib really enjoyed this story!
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I really liked this book. I could hardly tell it was non-fiction! Normally, non-fiction books are just fact after fact after fact, and it bores me. But At the Edge's facts were hidden in the suspense. It was sad, touching,sometimes made me angry, and was sometimes just plain weird. So far, it's my favourite non-fiction book.
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I like this book because it is descriptive, and I like books that are descriptive like when they were telling about Hurricane Katrina flooding the whole city. The reason that I thought it was not so amazing was because it was a little bit scary at times and it left me wondering what would happen next. I could not put it down because it was so realistic and it brought me into the story. i think people who like intense books should read At the Edge
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I loved all of these stories! They grab you in and it's very action packed, but I thought it was sort of frightening because these things actually happened. It was a great book!
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At the Edge was a pretty good book, because there was is a lot of hero’s in Canada that I didn’t even know about. It was awesome when they talked about Terry Fox and Craig Kielburger, because even though they are hero’s I didn’t think they would be in this book (so it was a great surprise)! At the edge was sometimes scary but I love a good scare so this book was great for me.
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I liked At the Edge because it was not like other non-fiction books. Normally, non-fiction books are just fact after fact, but in this one I could hardly tell. I also think this book was sort of frightning, because, like Julia said, these things actually happened!
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Hello McMurrich Silver Birch readers,
ReplyDeleteMs T invited me to read your blogs and to add my own comments. So, here I am. Thank you, Ms T.
My, but you have been a busy bunch! So many books read, so many thoughtful comments. Congratulations to the entire Silver Birch club.
I really enjoyed reading your comments. Often writers like myself work in isolation. Most of the time we don't know what readers think of our work. To find out first-hand what your impressions are...well that is very revealing and useful stuff.
For example, I noticed that a number of you mentioned that some of the stories in At the Edge were a tad scary. Now, I didn't think about them in that way when I wrote the stories. I figured they were more exciting and gripping than anything else. But after reading your comments, I went back and looked at some of the stories you mentioned. Guess what? I get your point. I can see now why some of them might seem scary.
Haing my book nominated for the Silver Birch is a great honour, and I'm looking forward to attending the Harbourfront celebration on May 13th. If you happen to be there, be sure to wave and shout hello. In the meantime, keep up the fine work and happy reading to all of you.
Dear Larry,
ReplyDeleteHave you ever been in a situation just like the ones in the book? Also have you met many of the people in the book?
Christine
This story was amazing and action packedI really liked this book because it had a lot of information about the stories though it was scary and creepy. Harrison 8-)
ReplyDeleteAt The edge is an amazing book. I liked it because of the people Larry verstraete decided to put in the book. I liked the choices he made because these people are honorable and great people
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Larry,
ReplyDeleteI think you chose a great book to write because people need to know about these great people wwho did heroic acts.
Julia5/6
Dear Larry,
ReplyDeleteI thought your book was so awesome because the stories were so gripping and I never wanted to put the book down.
Why did you decide to write this kind of book????
It was a great choice though and this is my favourite non-fiction book. :)
Katie 5 8-)
this is a really good book its so exiting and surprising. my favorite story is the one about when the guy jumps on the railroad tracks to save that man. my second favorite part is when the lady has to chose which kid to let go of!!!
ReplyDeletep.s. THIS BOOK IS AWESOME!!!!!!
MARC 8)
I really liked this book.I liked it because whenever the person had to decide what to do either thing would be bad like when the man fell on the subway if he didn't save the person he wouldlive with the guilt of not saving him but if he did he could have been hit by the subway train. At The Edge Is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
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