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Adam and his family live in a compound with other foreigners who work in the Middle East. He's got everything he wants, everything he needs, and there's a lot he takes for granted.
Then war breaks out, and, in the confusion to escape, Adam runs away. It seems like the only thing to do, but when he finds himself alone and friendless in the desert, Adam knows he's in real danger.
But then he meets Walid, the camel rider...
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Oct 25,2012
the book camel rider is an adventure and survival and most of all friendship. Its about 2 teenagers who got them selfs stuck in a desert and have to stick together to be succesful and survive the desert. Walid is a 12 or 13 year old who's from bagledesh but some bad men took him to the desert who he names breath of dog and old goat. When breath of dog shot his camel Shirin when she brpke her leg, after walid let her out.Walid runs away, walid wants to find his mom back at bagledesh. The other boy is adam. Adam is a 14year old kiwi who's really tough and not afraid of anything. Adams friends or family ran away from him while he was trying to rescue his dog tara. So he finds himself in the desert and he meets walid. When they meet they really didnt get off on a good spot, but along the way they eventually got to know each other alot better.So they agreed to stick together to survive this dreadful place, the desert.
Oct 25,2012
Camel Rider is a simple book about two peole from entirely different worlds who meet in the desert.
Abudai is a fictional city based in the Middle East everything is perfect for Adam while for Walid its the complete oposite, Adam is treated with care and his worst nightmare is not being alowed to leave the compound he lives in except for school whereas Walid's worst nightmare comes true when he and his mother had to leave Bangladesh only to be separated with no way to communicate. Walid is forced to live on th outskirts of town in the desert as a child slave, a camel rider to be beaten black and blue with no one to help him, no one to talk to, But then it happens the city is under attack Adam runs away due to his stupidity and stubborness he finds himself in the desert with very little food, very little water and a boy he found tied up named Walid. Strugguling to understand each other and at times wanting to kill each other they survive in the desert and become friends in the strangest way possible they end up in Adams compound and the best thing in the world happens to Walid.
Oct 25,2012
This novel is about two completely different boys learning that everyone lives a different life.The story is set in a fictional town in the middle east called Abudai. At the start of the book Adam (one of the main charachters) and his family were living a happy life. Just out side his city a young boy called Walid is living in a camp, as he was sold as a child to be a camel rider. Then diaster srikes! A war has come to Abudai. Adam has to leave home and soon gets lost in a desert and comes across Walid who was left in the desert to die. The boys have an amazing adventure trying to suvive the scorching sun and sand with no food or water.
Through out the book the two boys learn about each other and their cultural differences. This story is about friendship, culture and survival.
Nov 10,2011
“Camel Rider” by Prue Mason is an adventurous and action packed story.
Camel Rider begins with two boys who meet on the middle of the desert. Throughout their journey there are some places, Walid and Adam looking to get back too, but they are on a very dangerous journey that the boys have to keep a look out for themselves.
My favorite part of the book is when the two boys try to communicate with each other but they don’t know how to because they speak different languages and they can’t understand each other’s.
I like this book because it’s mainly about adventure and friendship. I would recommend this to anyone aged 13 onwards.
Nov 09,2011
Camel Rider was written by Prue Mason, and was published by The Penguin Group.
Adam and his family live in a compound with other foreigners who work in the Middle East. He’s got everything he wants, everything he needs, and there’s a lot he takes for granted.
Then war breaks out, and, in the confusion to escape, Adam runs away. It seems like the only thing to do, but when he finds himself alone and friendless in the desert, Adam knows he is in real danger.
But then he meets Walid, the camel rider and together they have to find a way to get back to the city.
My favorite part of the book was when Walid and Adam began communicating with each other.
If you like reading adventure or mystery stories, I assure you, you will like this book
Nov 08,2011
Camel Rider by Prue Mason is a story of adventure, survival and friendship.
Adam and his family live in a compound with other foreigners who work in the Middle East. He gets everything he wants and needs and he takes a lot of things for granted. Both his parents are on a trip when a war breaks out in Abudai. He runs away into the dessert and is all alone, friendless and in danger but then he meets Walid and they both try to escape from the dangers around them.
My favorite part is when Walid does his stunts and escapes Old Goat and Breath-of-Dog. It sounded like Adam under-estimated Walid when he first saw him but he was eventually surprised at Walid’s skills.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes stories of adventure, especially teenage boys because there are a lot of action-packed parts of the story that boys would enjoy.
