Review of Totem

[Ohanele Chinonyerem]

I would love to read "Totem" by Charlie Sheldon because it seems exciting. I really want to know what happens in Bear Valley and whether they find the artifact.

[Janet Kimetto]

Sarah Cooley, her family, and friends plan to go on a hike in Bear Valley, but something happens to interrupt the plan. This story follows the group as they race to uncover the secrets of Bear Valley. Thanks for the review!

[Emmanuel Maduabuchi Eze]

This is a detailed review. I am impressed to know the author delivered and made this literary work quite compelling through solid suspense and character development. I recommend it.

[mrlefty0706]

Hi @Ohanele Chinonyerem, I just read your comments on the official review of "Totem" and I recommend you expand your comments to prove you have read the official review and the sample as required by the rules. For example: "Totem" by Charlie Sheldon is the final installment and the third book in the Strong Heart Series. The story is about the indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. Sarah Cooley lives with her grandfather Tom-Tom, and they planned a hike in Bear Valley with family and friends. Meanwhile, mysterious elk-kills seemed to keep happening at the wildlife sanctuary in the state of Washington. The sample was excellent although I would have preferred to read the first two books so that I would know more about the characters. Jared and Connor were playing with their pocket knives while on a field trip with their school and decided they would toss them at a nearby tree to see if they would stick. They were asking for trouble since the school principal was with the group. Connor threw his knife and it stuck in the tree. Jared then threw his knife and it struck an elk that was hiding in the tall grass. It struck the elk in one hind leg severing a tendon in the leg. The elk tried to run but the back leg would not function because of the severity of the wound. Sarah, a girl from the same school shouted at Jared for what he did to the elk since they were protected in the sanctuary. Sarah pulled out a wooden case that contained a weapon called an atlatl that was a stick that launched a dart when the stick was used with a throwing motion. Sarah used the weapon to put the elk out of its misery. Sarah raised the Atlatl and launched the dart at the elk that had dragged itself for more than 40 yards. Her throw was accurate and the dart went through the elk’s chest and heart and the elk dropped dead. Mr. Benson, the school principal approached Sarah and told her the elk were protected in the sanctuary and demanded that she hand over the weapon. In Sarah’s mind this was a mercy killing but that would have to be determined by the government. Could the elk have been saved by repairing the leg? This was not very likely. Sarah had been a problem in school and had been in trouble before. The government may not see it as a mercy killing, but they might forgive Jared since he was not throwing his knife at the elk. If someone could find one artifact in the valley the entire area would be saved from a mining operation that had been proposed. They had gone to this area of the sanctuary since someone had found the ancient remains of a mastodon that had been killed by a handmade spear that was still imbedded in a bone of the Mastodon remains. Could this be an artifact they were looking for to save the area from being destroyed by a mining operation? Carl Larsen had been investigating the mysterious elk deaths but he had not made much progress. He visited the site where the dead elk lay in the sanctuary with his niece Laurie who was age 32 but was staying with Carl because her husband Eric was abusive and she had the bruises to prove his violence towards her. Whenever he left his home, he took Laurie with him so that Eric did not go to Carl’s home and take out his anger on Laurie. The mysterious elk killings were only happening in Bear Valley. Why? Did the sanctuary need for security or was it sabotage that would be seen as a bad omen by the natives that have populated the area for more than a thousand years. One needs to read the book to learn if the secrets of Bear Valley would be revealed.
@Mrlefty0706