[Pet Health Admin]

Abel's place in his familiar, mouse world has always been secure; he had an allowance from his mother, a comfortable home, and a lovely wife, Amanda. But one stormy August day, furious flood water carry him off and dump him on an uninhabited island. Despite his determination and stubborn resourcefulness--he tried crossing the river with boats and ropes and even on stepping-stones--Abel can't find a way to get back home.

Days, then weeks and months, pass. Slowly, his soft habits disappear as he forages for food, fashions a warm nest in a hollow log, models clay statues of his family for company, and continues to brood on the problem of how to get across the river--and home.

Abel's time on the island brings him a new understanding of the world he's separated from. Faced with the daily adventure of survival in his solitary, somewhat hostile domain, he is moved to reexamine the easy way of life he had always accepted and discovers skills and talents in himself that hold promise of a more meaningful life, if and when he should finally return to Mossville and his dear Amanda again.


Customer Review: 5A
Abel's Island started with a rich mouse named Abel. He and his wife, Amanda, went on a picnic. Abel went in the woods and got a flower for Amanda. When he returned, it started to rain. They packed up and went in a cave. A gust of wind blew Amanda's scarf away. Abel went to get it. He was blown into a stream. He quickly built a raft. He floated toward an island. There, Abel carved family, found a log for a home, and even found a book! After a couple months, an owl came into his life and attacked him. After the attack, Abel put his pen knife on a long rod. The next time the owl attacked, Abel was waiting. Abel stabbed the owl. Soon the owl went away. Once when ABel was looking at the river, a frog named Gower came up. They became friends. When Gower went to swim across the river, he said he will send help. Soon no help arrived. Abel was going to try to swim across the river. He somehow made it, then landed under a rock and slept. When he woke, a cat was looking at him. Abel ran up a tree. The cat jumped at him, missed, and fell. Abel finally made it home. I recommend this book because it has some action and adventure. It also has a great ending.
Customer Review: 5B
The book Abel's Island is a very bad book. It's about a mouse who gets stuck on an island. He is stuck there because he went for his wife's (Amanda) scarf in a raging storm and got swept away because of the wind. He was swept into a rushing river after he had grabbed onto a wooden raft with a nail sticking out. He grabs the nail for a grip and floats down a river, down a waterfall, and into a tree. He falls out of the tree and hits dry ground. He makes wine and eats nuts and berries. He also made his home of a hollowed out log, rock doors, and moss curtains. He survives the winter and has some mean battles with an owl. A kind frog happens to swim along and come across Abel. The frog's name is Gower. Gower and Abel become great friends and Abel shows Gower the statues he had made earlier and makes a statue of Gower. When Gower builds up the strength to swim across the river and get help for poor lost Abel, Gower happens to forget all about meeting Abel. Able has to build up his own courage to swim across the river by himself and get back to his family. He did just what I said and built up his own courage and swam across the river and got back with his well loved and loving family. The reason I didn't like the book is becasue I like books with suspense and action. But mostly I just don't like reading books. But some people like reading Abel's Island and some people don't like reading it, and that's okay. If it's good, that's your opinion. If it's bad, that's your opinion.


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