The fictional story “Canyons” by Gary Paulsen is an average and predictable book meant for younger ages than middle schoolers. “Canyons” is set in El Paso, Texas in a small, poor town which is a few miles away from a nature-protected canyon called “Dog Canyon’’. There are 2 main characters, one is Coyote Runs. Coyote is a young boy (14 years) who is determined to become a man in his tribe. Soon Coyote will be leading his first ever raid, which is a test to see if he is ready to become the man he really believe to be. The other main character is Brennan Cole, he is 14 years old boy who is struggling in school. His mother rarely helps him and he buys his clothes and earns his own money. In “Canyons” the young boy coyote runs is moving him …show more content…
Coyote is about a quarter of a mile away from his destination when he is shot in the leg, and has fallen off of his horse. Crawling, Coyote takes shelter under a large boulder and hopes for the best. The soldiers found a trail of blood and tracked him to the boulder. The Soldiers quickly take out a gun and shoot Coyote in the head killing him. Many years later, Brennan goes camping with his mother, and her boyfriend. While camping Brennan doesn’t feel safe and has a weird feeling. While camping he finds a skull and decides to take it home without telling anyone. Brennan has trouble sleeping and keeps hearing the words “take me spirit” and talks to a close teacher about it. The teacher (Mr. Homesley) and Brennan decide to contact Mr.Homesley friend, Tibbets, and he sends them information. After extensive research for hours, Brennan finds Coyote Runs story and realizes what he has to do. Brennan has to put the skull back in the desert. Brennan then runs home and finds his mother and her boyfriend waiting for him. They found out about the skull and called the cop. Brennan then takes the skull and starts running towards Dog Canyon, he runs for 1 and a half days before the search team is on his heels. Brennan then trips and hurts his ankle, but