The book I read for my third book report was Bird & Squirrel: On The Run! by James Burks. This book has 126 pages in it. The book is the first book of a series that is still being written. The two main characters are Bird (A really dimwitted yellow bird who cares for nothing in the world) and Squirrel (Who really cares about surviving and is very serious). The antagonist of the book is The Cat (Who chases Bird and Squirrel everywhere they go from a remote peaceful forest to the deadly depths of the Grand Canyon). Characters that make a short appearance is the Mole family (that consists of Mr. Mole, Mrs. Mole, Granmole, and two unnamed male and female mole kids), The Snake, and the American Eagle. The setting varies a lot but it is based in …show more content…
the United States. The setting is also approaching winter. The book is dedicated to Bob and Teri, James’s friends.
The story starts as Bird is flying in the forest gleefully saying hello to nearly everything that is living or non living. Squirrel is gathering nuts to store for his hibernation of the winter. He is also trying to evade The Cat who is hunting down small animals to feed on. Bird then meets Squirrel who is desperately trying to hide and quickly collect nuts. Bird constantly annoys Squirrel along the way by asking him irritating questions. Squirrel asks Bird that he should migrate with the other birds but Bird didn’t care about migrating as he claims where he is is fun. Bird then leaves Squirrel to wonder off himself when he finds a quarter on the ground. He then examined it not knowing that The Cat is right behind him. After seeing The Cat’s reflection Bird then has a little small talk with The Cat and runs away shortly. Bird comes across Squirrel who yells at him jokingly that he has “found” someone he knows. Bird is then knocked out cold by accidently flying into a …show more content…
tree with The Cat right behind him. Feeling guilty, Squirrel launches a nut at The Cat but his storage gives away and all the nuts came out sending The Cat to the river. Squirrel then becomes miserable as his whole nut collection is gone. Bird tries to comfort him but Squirrel keeps saying that he will die because of him. Bird tempts him to come with him on a “road trip” or rather die here by starvation. After several repeats of death or road trip Squirrel then gives away and goes with Bird. Squirrel returns to his treehouse and gathers everything he owns in a wagon hitched to a bike. After that The Cat comes along and ambushes both of them. Not looking where he was going, Squirrel accidently biked into the river resulted in losing all his stuff as well as losing The Cat. Squirrel blames Bird for this but before he could say more they fell off a waterfall. Moments after that Squirrel regains consciousness and begins to search for Bird.
Just as Squirrel leaves The Cat reappears from the water and starts to stalk Squirrel. Squirrel then finds Bird who tries to lighten the mood up by telling Squirrel to look at stuff that are intriguing to him. It then rains and Bird comes up with a theme song for the 2 of them. The Cat then appears and Bird promises to include him in the theme song as long as he doesn’t eat them. Bird and Squirrel then escapes into a hole in the ground which turns out to be a cave. The two meets Mr. Mole who is happily to treat both of them some hospitality and invites them to dinner with his family. Mr. Mole introduces his family of 4, Mrs. Mole, Granmole, and the mole kids. After dinner Granmole tells Squirrel that danger lies ahead, a great distance will fall, life will end. Frightened, Squirrel returns to his room and tells Mrs. Mole if Granmole’s predictions come true. Mrs. Mole then comforts Squirrel telling him that Granmole rarely makes any sense. In the morning Bird and Squirrel leave the Mole family and continue their trip to the south. After Bird loses their supply of food Squirrel abandons Bird and is headed to the south alone. Just as Squirrel departs he comes across a Snake who prepares to eat Squirrel. Bird then comes to the rescue which surprises Squirrel. The two then get back together and starts to head south. Their friendship approves vastly as they spend time
together. The next day Bird and Squirrel arrive at the Grand Canyon hinting that they are closer to the south. Seeing that they cannot walk in the broad canyon Bird offers to fly Squirrel across. Suddenly The Cat comes along sprinting to Bird and Squirrel but is too slow as they fly in the air. The Cat then falls down a long way. Bird and Squirrel then gets ambushed by an American Eagle. Bird accidently drops Squirrel who safely landed on a tree. As the American Eagle gets closer to Bird, Squirrel then leaps onto the American Eagle but then falls a lengthy way down to the ground. Bird rushes towards Squirrel but it was too late as Squirrel appears dead. Squirrel then admits that that moment was the most “birdtastic” moment of his life. The Cat returns one final time for revenge having Bird in his grasp but Squirrel then begins to throw rocks at The Cat causing aggression at Squirrel. Squirrel then runs out in the open luring The Cat who then gets caught by the American Eagle. Bird and Squirrel made sure that it will be the last time they see The Cat and head off to the south, eventually they made it. As they were enjoying their trip, both of them got bored instantly and they decided to explore the great unknown. The book ends as the two sing their theme song and flying to the sunset. That is the book I read for my third book report and it’s summary.
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