A student is writing a book review of Gone Feral: Tracking My Dad Through the Wild. Read
the piece of information in each row, then select
the section where it fits best.
Biographical
facts
Sections
Weaknesses Strengths
The author skillfully and accurately portrays
various locations in the American West.
The reader is prepared to go on an
adventure with the author, but excessive
personal reflection, which reads as self-
indulgent and tedious, weighs down the
narrative.
Novella Carpenter is both an urban farmer
and a writer; her books include The
Essential Urban Farmer and Farm City: The
Education of an Urban Farmer.
From the first page of Gone Feral, the
author crafts a compelling mystery-where
is the author's missing father?-that
persuades the reader to engage deeply with
the characters.
