Forest Fire (Book 4 of Barclay Family Adventure Series) by Ed Hanson PDF 2003 {SPirate}


The ten novels in this new series introduce readers to the adventurous and spirited Barclay family. Follow the family on easy-to-read journeys that feature interesting facts about history, geography, and science. In addition to character development throughout the series each novel contains an element of mystery and suspense. Plus, the stories can be read sequentially or independently. Each novel is 64-pages and includes comprehension questions at the end of each book.


"Governor," the head of the State Forestry Service said, "we have severe drought conditions all over the state. Forest fire danger is extremely high. I'd like your permission to temporarily close the forests to all hiking, fishing, camping--just about everything."



The governor frowned.

"Is it really that bad?" he asked.

"Yes, sir, it is. In my 18 years in the department, I've never seen it this dry."

"Will closing the woods ensure that we won't have a fire, Peter?"

"No, sir, it won't do that. The Barclay family is camping near Lodge Pole Lake so some sort of disaster is absolutely guaranteed!"

OK, I made up that last part, but regular readers know what to expect when the Barclay family is on the scene!

Ed Hanson and Saddleback Educational Publishing have come up with a brilliant concept for solving a very serious problem: the great decline in reading among today's students. Their solution? Put out readers that are essentially suspense-filled or mystery-filled juvenile series books like the famous Tom Swift, Nancy Drew, and Hardy Boys series of old.

This confronts both of the major problems with more traditional readers: if they are not mind-numbingly dull, they are excruciatingly didactic, cramming some important "teachings" whether moral, religious, or (these days) politically correct down the throats of children so hard as to turn them off of reading for good.

In this volume Ed Hanson builds upon his good work in the previous volume. In particular I thought that his descriptions of the natural beauty on display (until the fire burned it all up of course) were quite good.

Defects? One is simply length. 64 pages just doesn't allow for much if any character development or anything much beyond cardboard cutouts: brave father, devoted mother, the athlete, the science wizard, and the baby of the family.

Still, for what they are intended to be, reading textbooks, they are wonderful. The fact that children who learn to read better and to love reading from these books will quickly find them skimpy fare for pleasure reading is not entirely bad, assuming their teachers quickly move them on to bigger and better things in the school library or the bookstore if necessary.

The previous book in the series is Desert Ordeal (Barclay Family Adventure Ser., Bk. 3), and the next book in the series is Hostages (Barclay Family Adventure Ser., Bk. 5).




Title Forest Fire
Book 4 of Barclay Family Adventure Series, Ed Hanson
Author Ed Hanson
Edition illustrated
Publisher Saddleback Pub, 2003
ISBN 1562545531, 9781562545536
Length 64 pages


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