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I Heard the Owl Call My Name
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Author: Margaret Craven
PBS Market Price: $7.59 or $3.69+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780440343691
ISBN-10: 0440343690
Publication Date: 1/15/1980
Pages: 160
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 44 ratings
Publisher: Laurel
Book Type: Paperback
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14 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed I Heard the Owl Call My Name on + 88 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This story started a little slow but I'm so glad I stuck with it. Touching and inspirational, a small book with a large lesson.
reviewed I Heard the Owl Call My Name on + 48 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Good insight into Native American culture.
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Helpful Score: 2
A classic! I love it!
reviewed I Heard the Owl Call My Name on + 10 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Great book! Every teenager should read this. It should become a great American classic.
merrytranslator avatar reviewed I Heard the Owl Call My Name on + 68 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I loved this book. I read it years ago and parts of it still stick with me. It was touching and powerful in a quiet way.
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Helpful Score: 1
Short, tender novel of life, love, truth & courage set in Northwestern Native America.
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Helpful Score: 1
The cover blurb says this is a "modern classic of Native American Life' - and it's true.
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Helpful Score: 1
Recommended by my kayaking guide on a trip to Alaska. She did not steer me wrong. I thought it was a very moving and spiritual book.
InEdensBliss avatar reviewed I Heard the Owl Call My Name on + 5 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I really enjoyed this book. I'm not one for lot's of detail, and there isn't too much given...I like to draw my own conclusion about the scenes laid out and the character's...this gives the freedom to do so but keeps you involved in the present story. I must say, I got a little teary at the end and books rarely have that affect on me :) I can't wait to read the second one!!!
blert avatar reviewed I Heard the Owl Call My Name on + 20 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Great reading. I found it evocative and spiritually uplifting.
GemGirl avatar reviewed I Heard the Owl Call My Name on + 37 more book reviews
It's been more years than I want to admit since I read this book, but it's one that stayed with me. A short, easy read, but one that I consider a classic, and one that is an ideal choice for any tween, male or female.
vavoice avatar reviewed I Heard the Owl Call My Name on + 158 more book reviews
I enjoyed this book because it was "quiet".

Though there was some drama, tragedy, and celebration, it was all woven into the quiet fabric of the villagers' lives. And when death came it was accepted as part of the cycle we all experience.

Reading this story was like sitting at the end of a small pier, looking out over a quiet lake as the sun begins its day, peeking through the trees and mist; bringing with it, the sounds of a waking natural world.

I would recommend this to anyone looking for a quiet moment in their literary journey :o)
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A beautiful story of love and nature and Native American history ...a small but moving book.
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A powerful deeply moving story.