BookHounds

Books, Gardens & Dogs

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Giveaways
  • Disclosure Policy
  • Giveaway Hops!
  • Privacy Policy
  • Review Policy
  • Wish List
  • Reviews by Title

GIVEAWAY & REVIEW: Emory’s Gift by W. Bruce Cameron

August 15, 2011 By Mary

Description

After 13-year-old Charlie Hall’s mother dies and his father retreats into the silence of grief, Charlie finds himself drifting lost and alone through the brutal halls of junior high school.
But Charlie Hall is not entirely friendless.  In the woods behind his house, Charlie is saved from a mountain lion by a grizzly bear, thought to be extinct in northern Idaho.

About the Author

W. Bruce Cameron is the New York Times bestselling author of A Dog’s Purpose and 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, which was turned into the hit ABC series. He has twice received the National Society of Newspaper Columnist’s award for Best Humor Columnist and his weekly nationally syndicated column is published in more than fifty newspapers. He lives in California.

Details

  • Hardcover: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Forge Books; First Edition edition (August 30, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0765327813
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765327819

SOURCE:  PUBLISHER

MY THOUGHTS
ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT

Much like A Dog’s Purpose, Emory’s Gift explores reincarnation.   Shortly after 13-year-old Charlie’s mom dies from cancer, he is walking in the woods near his home in Idaho and comes face to face with a cougar.  Just when the cougar is ready to pounce, it backs off and Charlie finds himself staring down a grizzly bear.  Instead of being attacked, Charlie finds himself making a connection with the bear, which follows him home.  The bear sticks around and starts to communicate with Charlie.  The story unfolds around their relationship and what happens is nothing short of a leap of faith.  The bear has a simple message of faith to deliver which of course causes a commotion  in the small town.

The message of this story, while a bit religious, is something that will fill you with hope.  It left me feeling very happy and hopeful.  There is a lot of quiet humor in the book as well and the portrayal of Charlie as a teen is just perfect.  The page turning moment hit me around page 200.  The story just clicked and I became so caught up, I couldn’t put it down until I finished it.  This is a good clean read and is probably suitable for older teens. 

WANT TO WIN A COPY OF THIS BOOK? 

Contest is open to anyone over 13 years old with a reliable mailing address (PO Boxes OK)
Contest ends on 8.31.11 Winner will be chosen by Random.org on 9.1.11
Winner will have 48 hours to respond to email or a new winner will be chosen.
This giveaway is sponsored by the author and ME and ONE ARC copy is available.

Complete the below form
Follow Me

Extra Entries
+1 Follow me on Twitter HERE 
+1 Like BookHounds on Facebook HERE 
+1 Be my friend on Goodreads HERE

+1 for social networking  this giveaway and leave me a link (blog, twitter, facebook, etc) once daily
+1 Leave a comment — you can do this daily, just leave me an email address!
More Extra Entries for W. Bruce Cameron
+1 Fan on Goodreads HERE
+1 Follow the Blog HERE
+1 Like on Facebook HERE
+1 Follow on Twitter HERE

Share this:

  • Email
  • Tweet
  • Reddit
  • Share on Tumblr

Related

Related Posts

  • Related Posts
$10 #Giveaway Excerpt THIRD FRONT by E.M. Hamill @
$20 #Giveaway Five Favorite Books by Lindsay Lees
$10 #Giveaway Excerpt WHERE DAVID THREW STONES by
$10 #Giveaway Excerpt SHADOW MATE by Alexis Calder
#Giveaway Excerpt Dear Wild Child by Wallace J.

Comments

  1. Darlene says

    August 15, 2011 at 10:28 pm

    +1 Thanks for the giveaway!

    darlenesbooknook at gmail dot com

  2. Darlene says

    August 15, 2011 at 10:35 pm

    +1 for tweeting:

    http://twitter.com/#!/DarleneBookNook/status/103232770800750592

    darlenesbooknook at gmail dot com

  3. holdenj says

    August 15, 2011 at 10:38 pm

    Looks like a sweet story! Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  4. Bethie says

    August 15, 2011 at 11:36 pm

    Thanks for the giveaway. The kids and I went to Six Flags last week and they had bears there. My little guy wanted to take one home. They looked so cute.

    lizzi0915 at aol dot com

  5. ann says

    August 16, 2011 at 1:19 am

    what a good sounding book.

    amhengst at verizon dot net

  6. Laura Ann Dunks says

    August 16, 2011 at 2:03 am

    Thanks for the amazing giveaway.

    I tweeted this http://twitter.com/#!/redtoffee/status/103285490152783872

    And entered on facebook – Laura Ann Dunks

  7. Carrie at In the Hammock Blog says

    August 16, 2011 at 2:57 am

    This book looks great! thank you!

  8. holdenj says

    August 16, 2011 at 11:28 am

    Daily entry 8/16. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  9. Bethie says

    August 17, 2011 at 1:28 am

    Daily Entry 8/16

    lizzi0915 at aol dot com

  10. holdenj says

    August 17, 2011 at 11:39 am

    Daily entry 8/17. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  11. marybaker112 says

    August 17, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    This book has GOT to be good. I signed up for his newsletter and just read about judging the chili cookoff. I laughed my a** off!! (Actually, I only thought I did. It’s all still there! ALL of it…)

  12. Mary (BookHounds) says

    August 17, 2011 at 9:17 pm

    @mary You won’t be disappointed with Cameron’s newsletter. He just did one about squirrels and dogs that really had me howling. I wish he would post something weekly instead of monthly.

  13. Jessica (Peace Love Books) says

    August 17, 2011 at 11:13 pm

    Thanks for this giveaway!!

    teddybrgrrl@sbcglobal.net

  14. Bethie says

    August 18, 2011 at 1:22 am

    Daily Entry 8/17

    lizzi0915 at aol dot com

  15. holdenj says

    August 18, 2011 at 11:40 am

    Daily entry 8/18. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  16. holdenj says

    August 19, 2011 at 3:22 pm

    Daily entry 8/19. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  17. Mary says

    August 19, 2011 at 11:59 pm

    Daily entry 8/19

    Thanks,
    mary_reiss @ hotmail.com

  18. holdenj says

    August 20, 2011 at 11:26 am

    Daily entry 8/20. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  19. holdenj says

    August 21, 2011 at 11:08 am

    Daily entry 8/21. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  20. Bethie says

    August 22, 2011 at 2:07 am

    Daily entry 8-21

    Lizzi0915 at aol dot com

  21. holdenj says

    August 22, 2011 at 11:50 am

    Daily entry 8/22. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  22. Bethie says

    August 23, 2011 at 1:57 am

    Daily Entry 8/22

    lizzi0915 at aol dot com

  23. kimyunalesca says

    August 23, 2011 at 10:32 am

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts and posting the giveaway ^_^

    animal lovers high five! oh yeah! I also grabbed your cute bookhounds button.

    check out my author interview with Patti Roberts & enter the giveaway ^_~

    http://kimyunalesca.blogspot.com/2011/08/author-interview-patti-roberts-plus.html

    kimyunalesca(at)yahoo(dot)com

  24. holdenj says

    August 23, 2011 at 11:18 am

    Daily entry 8/23. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  25. holdenj says

    August 24, 2011 at 11:15 am

    Daily entry 8/24. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  26. holdenj says

    August 25, 2011 at 11:27 am

    Daily entry 8/25. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  27. Bethie says

    August 26, 2011 at 3:57 am

    Daily entry 8/25

    Lizzi0915 at aol dot com

  28. holdenj says

    August 26, 2011 at 1:52 pm

    Daily entry 8/26. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  29. holdenj says

    August 27, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    Daily entry 8/27. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  30. holdenj says

    August 28, 2011 at 3:22 pm

    Daily entry 8/28. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  31. holdenj says

    August 29, 2011 at 11:37 am

    Daily entry 8/29. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  32. holdenj says

    August 30, 2011 at 12:06 pm

    Daily entry 8/30. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  33. holdenj says

    August 31, 2011 at 11:00 am

    Daily entry 8/31. Thanks!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  34. Mary (BookHounds) says

    September 1, 2011 at 6:20 pm

    KIM — kimyunalesca

    Be sure to stop by her blog IN TIMES LIKE THESE here

    I have sent her an email and if there is no response within 48 hours a new winner will be chosen.

    Thanks to everyone who entered!

Follow Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 30.3K other subscribers

Follow Me

  • Email Me Followers
  • Facebook Likes

[footer_backtotop]

Copyright © 2023 ·Modern Blogger Pro · Genesis Framework by StudioPress · Design Update by Imagination Designs WordPress · Log in