Grey Owl

by Vicky Shipton

Original / American English In the 1930s Grey Owl was the most famous North American Indian in the world. He wanted to save his land, its forests and animals. He wanted to change the world. He also had a very strange secret. This book tells his true story.

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

First published September 1, 2008

Reviews

[Ken Horie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Penguin Reader Level3

04/15= 60 minutes 04/16= 60 minutes

1. American Indian
2. True story
3. British
4. Canada
5. Marriage
6. Protect
7. Speech

I like the way that how the story goes on, but I didn't like they made main character's background with using comic style. It was kind of serious part and I wanted to read not with the picture.

It was very interesting book about true story of the most famous American Indian with shocking background. It also made me think the how important the beautiful nature is to the human life.

[Sherry Seymour · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are good things to learn about environmentalism through Archie's story, but he led a very questionable personal life. The biographer uses some outdated words like "Indian" which don't teach English language students the current appropriate terms for Aboriginal people in Canada. That said, a lot of interesting discussions can emerge as a result of reading this book with English language students living in Canada.

[Namiko]

Grey Owl is very interesting. An English man became a famous north american Indian.

[Abdalazeem]

An amazing story that talks about a British decedent who wanted to become a native Canadian and how he loves the nature, however, he doesn't have a good family relationship. the best thing that it gives people a background about native people and how they live their lives.