Karate Dancer

by Doris Buchanan Smith

Book Overview

Passionate about karate, fourteen-year-old Troy tries to convince his disapproving parents about the true nature of the art and its importance in his life. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039921464X
• ISBN13: 9780399214646
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

My Letter to the Editor

My favorite part of Karate Dancer is when the ship destroyed the bridge because it had the most suspense at the beginning. It wasn't that sad at the end because none of the main characters died they only had minor bruises. I think that Keven should have disappeared for a few days instead of just one. I especially enjoyed when they where running and dodging the debrey from the bridge.From the book I have learned that there is more than one way to get what you want. I have also learned that most of the time your not forced to do anything. Usually it's your choice of what you want to do. I also learned that your imagination can help you get over almost anything. While I was reading this book I thought that a good moral for the story is you have to work for what you want.This story is similar to the event that happen in my life because I have lived through a disaster, and I have had to talk my way out of many situations. I have also thought up many imaginary creatures and some I have even put on paper. I also at times have a messy room. The ways that the events in this story were dissimilar to the events of my life because I don't practice karate, or draw for news paper. I also don't practice ballet. I have to clean my room, unlike the characters in the story. I also don't play pranks on people I dislike.You could have made the story much better by putting more action into the story. You also could have told exactly what happened at both of the black belt tests. I also think more suspense would have made the book better. At the chapter where the bridge is destroyed you could have described it more but over the entire book was very good.