[.ca] Blood Red Ochre (ISBN 0770427170)

Blood red ochre:
Blood red ochre is a novel by a Newfoundlander, Kevin Major. In this story two young students are writing an assignment on how the Beothuk Indians became extinct. They decided to set out on a canoe trip to Red ochre island, a burial site of the beothuks. In the story, David and Nancy is another story from the past of one of the last beothuks, Dauoodaset, who set out on a journey to collect food for his people. Then when David and Nancy get on the island the present and the past tenses are brought together which creates a disaster. When I finished the book, I thought it was a good story. It was abit confusing at the end but overall it was a good story.I think Kevin Major wrote this story for young adults so they would understand the Beothuks more.

Blood Red Ochre:
One of the best books written by Kevin Major is called " Blood Red Ochre". In this book Kevin explains a lot about the Beothuks, and how they lived. This story is about a girl and a boy searching for their past. The theme in this story is mostly about the beothuks and how they became extinct. They were know as the "People" or "True people". This story is a good book, but i would not recommened it to many people. While reading this story, i found it hard to understand. It was hard to understand because it was parallel narrative.

Blood Red Ochre:
Kevin major did a brillent job getting his point across while writing the book Blood Red Ochre. It was a paralell narritive set in two different times. One story was set in contenporary newfoundland and focuses on a teenage boy and girl who travel to Red Ochre Island while doing a project on the Beothuk indians. The other story is about a fifteen year old Beothuk boy who travels away from his home in search of food for his starving family, While trying to avoid the white men at the same time. I enjoyed reading this book. It gave me a better understanding of the Beothuk indians and gave me entertainment at the same time.I would reccomend this book to anybody who enjoys historical fiction and has patience. Reading this book was like reading two at the same time.

Blood Red Ochre:
Blood Red Ochre written by kevin Major The novel Blood Red Ochre ia about a teenage boy and a girl named David and Nancy. There is also another teenage boy in the story named Dauoodaset who a was a Beothuck. The story is about David and Nancy and they go on a trip to an Island and some how that meet Dauoodaset. I think that the plot of the story was allright. I liked the way that it was a parallel narritive, buyt i did not like the way that ending was. The ending was not decribed enough. you haev all of a sudden david meet's Dauoodaset. Then they are all together for a while then all of a sudden Dauoodaset get's killed. nancy takes off and David get's left on the island all by himself. I think that the book was good execpt for the plot. I think that the ending could of been a little more devloped and that the ending could not of been rushed as much as it was. I would reccomend this book to all ages.

Blood Red Ochre was a good book!:
I believe that Kevin Major wrote the novel "Blood Red Ochre" because he wanted to inform people about the Beothuk indians of Newfoundland in an interesting way. The use of parallel narritives in the novel, lets the reader see the story from two very different view points. "Blood Red Ochre" tells the story of David, a teenage boy living in rural Newfoundland, and Daoodaset, a young Beothuk boy who is responsible for helping his starving family survive. Nancy/Shawnadithit is the link between the two stories. Nancy is a girl that David be-friends in school, and Shawnadithit is Daoodaset's one and only love. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, even though the ending was a little confusing. I would recommend it to anyone who may have an interest in this topic, especially teens.