The Cry of the Crow

by Jean Craighead George

Book Overview

The author demonstrates her profound love and respect for nature in this story about the complex relationship that develops between the protagonist, Mandy, and a young crow whose entire family has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064401316
• ISBN13: 9780064401319
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great Book!!

The Cry of the Crow is a great book that others would enjoy reading. It has many interesting facts about crows. I learned that crows could talk if words were imitated over and over. This book has a wonderful theme that others could learn from. The main character learns her lesson in the end. Overall,the Cry of the Crow is a terrific book.

A very good book to read!!!!

I rate this a 5 star book because the book is fasinating and I liked nina the talking crow. I also liked this book because the book was adventures and at some points the book shocked me and it had suspence which i like in books. The book was sad and somtimes happy. Overall this book is excellent and I think everybody should be able to read this FANTASTIC BOOK!!!!!

A great book for learning about the nature of crows

In my veiw this book by Jean Craighead Georgeis very great. Every chapter of the book adds more action to the story. This is a great story for education and enjoyment. This story is about a family with one daughter and three sons. The girl finds a crow and keeps it as a pet. Many problems occur from this crow. This crow is very unique.This story gets better and better by the chapter.This book is very exciting and fun to read.

A sad, powerful book about the strength of the human heart.

The Cry of the Crow is about a 12 year old girl. She finds a crow who's parents have been shot. The girl names the crow Nina and raises it. The crow bonds on the girl as her mother. Nina becomes incredibly intelligent and can immitate people. When the raising of the crow gets involved with her other life, a heartbreaking decision has to be made. Read this book to find out more. I rate this book 11 out of 10, and think you should read it if you enjoy funny but sad stories.