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Storm Warriors
Elisa Carbone Random House Children's Books © 2002 |
Overall I thought this was a great book. It dealt with many things that deal with anybody’s interest. It involved a primitive coast guard established in the 1800’s, fishing, and especially racism. I would recommend this book highly to 8th through 10th graders, as it had some language.
The book was about a child who had the dream of becoming a “Storm Warrior” - a person who watches the ocean for crashed ships. If a ship is wrecked, they send a crew of people to save the people on the ship. The boys struggles because of racism. It shows of how he must overcome the problems of being a black man and he also has to deal with much death in his family. His mother dies when he is younger and his grandfather dies of malaria halfway through the book. Even though the boy isn’t a Storm Warrior, he still helps them save many people. They utilize the medical knowledge he learned from the Warriors.
I believe the style of writing she used was excellent and will appeal to most readers. One thing that I didn’t like was it was very short and it didn’t take very long to read. So overall this book was excellent and I will recommend it to anyone.
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Justin Wilkinson, grade 8, Boardman Center Middle School