Summer Hawk

by Deborah Savage

After encountering an abandoned baby hawk, Taylor's life is forever changed as she begins to come out of her isolated world through her new found friendships with a local boy and the lady at the raptor rehabilitation center. Reprint.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Deborah Savage is the author of a number of books for young adults, including, Summer Hawk, winner of the Boston Authors Award for young adult literature 2000, To Race a Dream, and Under a Different Sky, which School Library Journal called in a starred review "endlessly fascinating and appealing." She lives in western Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Annastasia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ich konnte das Buch nicht weglegen und habe es in wenigen Tagen durchgelesen. Es fiel mir leicht mich in die Geschichte und an den Ort reinzuversetzen dank der bildhaften Sprache. Ein sehr schönes Buch über Familie, Freundschaft, Wildvögel und die Gefühle eines jungen klugen heranwachsenden Mädchens.

>>Etwas zu wollen heißt ja noch nicht, dass es geschieht<<,,,>>Die Menschen tun Dinge, die sie glauben, tun zu müssen, und meistens ist es falsch, aber sie tun es trotzdem...Vielleicht kommt es Ihnen nicht falsch vor<<
>>Sie war nur egoistisch!<< ....>> Ja, wahrscheinlich war sie das. Vielleicht war sie aber auch nur ein Mensch...<<

[Natalia · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars (seriously goodreads, GIVE US HALF RATINGS PLEASE!!)
Anyway, I thought it was okay. Just okay. I read it for my school reading list thing (no idea why it was on there because i didn't learn squat from this book and I had to order it all the way from Tennessee) It would've gotten three stars if Taylor hadn't been so dang annoying. That girl has serious issues, being easily upset like that. Gosh.

Now I just hope I won't have to write an essay on it, because I don't exactly know what happened at the end (kinda skimmed . . .)

[Ariel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Summer Hawk was a good book , sometimes I found it hard to relate to the main character though the way this author writes . I'm not really a fan of the way she writes or goes about telling her stories , but they always keep me intrested in spite of that . This was a cute book that's worth reading even if it is a little slow moving .

[Goldie Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is my favorite you as a reader learn to love and hate characters. You absolutely fall in love with
their emotional conquests, and intentions. The main character is so unsure the insecurities she harbors begin to breed into oneself sharing them personally with the main character.

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book ended differently than I thought it would, also I think the Melissa/Taylor was kind of mean to everyone when she was upset.
I also think that Rhiannon sending her back her notebook was very important. And I think that she made the right choice of schools in the end.

[Miranda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book! Def one of my favorites!

[Melanie]

I learned some information about red-tailed hawks and how some people will unexpectedly become your friends, even though at first you may do like them and feel like you are competing against them.

[Stephanie A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh, 90s, you and your solid stories everywhere. I didn't love the last chapter, but otherwise, great summer tale. High quality writing and beautiful job describing wildlife rehabilitation.