Bearstone vs In the Heart of the Rockies: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Coming of age in fiction, Indians of North America in fiction, Indians of North America, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction, Fiction
Bearstone
A DRAMATIC TALE OF GRIZZLIES AND GOLD Fourteen-year-old Cloyd Atcitty has been skipping school for years. He's run away from a group home for Native American boys, and is now being sent to work for Walter Landis, an old…
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In the Heart of the Rockies
“I can be of no use here, Carry.”
An adventure filled with ingenuity and perserverance begins when 16-year-old Tom Wade leaves England, orphaned and facing a questionable future, in search of his Uncle Harry in America. The story follows Tom as he…
The verdict
- Readers rate In the Heart of the Rockies highest: In the Heart of the Rockies 3.8 · Bearstone 3.6.
- Bearstone is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for In the Heart of the Rockies.
- Bearstone has the widest readership — 697 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bearstone | In the Heart of the Rockies | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (697) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 3.5 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (34) | — |
Reception
| Bearstone | In the Heart of the Rockies | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 697 | 1 |
| Editions | 8 | 44 |
| Wikipedia attention | 242 | — |
| Pages | 154 | 367 |