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    The Year of Sharing
    The Year of Sharing
    The Year of Sharing
    Audiobook1 hour

    The Year of Sharing

    Written by Harry Gilbert

    Narrated by Multiple Narrators

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    About this audiobook

    Richard is bored with the quiet life of his village. He would like to have a motor-car and drive it ...very fast. But Richard lives in a future world where there are no cars, only bicycles and small villages and green forests. And now he is twelve years old, and like the other children, he must do his Year of Sharing. He must live alone in the forest with the wild animals. He must learn to share his world; he must learn how animals live and eat and fight ...and die.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOxford University Press
    Release dateDec 20, 2007
    ISBN9780194210386
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    • 3/5
      This is a fiction in the earth of the future. Then, in order to keep nature with an animal, human was living in the small village surrounded in the ditch. And if everyone will be 12 years old, they must come out from a ditch and must live with an animal. Half children never live and return. It was very shocking. I thought that I could make a living at first in such the world. However, the word which the hero's mother said at the end was very fearful, and I felt fear. I cannot deny this world completely.
    • 1/5
      This story is about a boy. His name is Richard. He is 12 years old and he must live alone in the forest with wild animals.He learns a lot of things.I think this story is a little boring. I cannot understand the contents. It is difficult for me to read. In the same situation, I think I cannot alive. We should learn it's very hard to live in the nature.
    • 5/5
      In a future world, there are no places for human - there are places just for animals. In a village, twelve-year-old children must do their Year of Sharing, and Richard must do that, too. He must live alone in the forest with the wild animals. He must learn how it is to live, eat, fight and die...It is a very shocking story. Today in the world, many people insist that we have to protect the environment, especially for the animals. But we can know how the world is going to be like by reading this book. Of course it is just a story, but I came to think that we have to think more about our world.
    • 3/5
      This is a strange story.Very strange story.The party named "Year of Sharing"is held for 12 years old children every year.That's a goodbye party.Because in the next day of the party,they are taken to a forest and left there.When they get up,they are in the forest.And must live with an animal's family.The main character named Richard had to live with a dear family.What will happened for him? I think the first scene is interesting,but from there,I think it's a little boring.But it's exciting story .Because there is not the thing what happen in this story in our real world.
    • 3/5
      This is a story of a boy and of a future.In order to escape from a wild animal, humans surrounded their villages with a wall, and were living. And the boy became to live in the world of animals for one year as an animal. It is a little difficult story to understand.I thought whether there would be such future. I would like to carry out with future which can live with animals.
    • 3/5
      Richard, a twelve-year-old boy lives in a future world. In his village, they have a custom that all twelve-year-old boys go out there and have one year life with animal family as their baby in the outside world where people are usually prohibitted from entering. Since Richard didn't like people and the boring life in the village so much, he looks unafraid and willing to follow. After a "farewell party", finally he left for the animal's world, and.... While reading, I got kind of scared from the terrible custom, not dangerous wolves. Though I don't say it's wrong that people regret and change their past behavior to nature, especially animals, that custom was too excessive for me to accept. If such a future should come true, sooner or later we human beings would die out because of "human beings" just like Richard's mother who adore nature so much that they tend to forget to think of their "family" or its future. However, unluckily it's true that now there are some radical ecologists who have that tendency, so we should try to improve our behavior as hard as possible before those people lose their temper and make "a mere horror story" true.
    • 5/5
      This story's stage is about 500 years later from now. In that world, people who are 12 years old must do their Year of Sharing. And this story's main character Richard do it, too.At first, I think the Year of Sharing is inretesting thing, but at last, I think my thought was probably wrong. His new family and their closeness are very nice. So the last is very horrible, but this story mede me excited very much.
    • 4/5
      Many years from now,the future world is different from the today's.There is no cars,factories,and cities-only small villages and green forest. Richard was a twelve years old boy and he must join his village's event-"Year of Sharing"...I was surprised to image of future world in this story. Generally speaking, future world is imaged that it is more mechanical and scientific than today's. And I thought "Year of Sharing" is very strange custom and The end of this story is also strange...
    • 4/5
      In the future world,children need to live in the nature with animal in order to become adult.It called "year of sharing".this regulation is very strict.So,sometimes child died.I feel excting to read.But,I feel sad to resd ending.I studied that the nature is very very hard to live.
    • 3/5
      Richard is twelve-year-old boy who lives in future world.Everyone there must do the year of sharing when they are twelve years old.So Richard must live in the forest for one year.And he will spend it with deers.At first I could hardly understand the story.Because the future's custom is strange for us.The world is very different from one which I expected ,so it was excited.
    • 3/5
      Richard lives in a future world where there are no cars or factories.He doesn't like his life,village and family. He becomes twelve years old and has to do his Year of Sharing.He begins to live with deer.As a result of his life with deer, Richard learnt a love for family.He was a lonly boy but became a kind boy. I was glad that he knew a love and I also thoght about a human life and love. But I wanted Richard to live with his real family in his village after Year of Sharing. Because he learnt about a love,he would do better than before. But the natural world is hard. I should keep in mind the fact.
    • 2/5
      In this story,when children become twelve years old,they must do their year of sharing.They must live alone in the forest with the wild animals.They must learn to share their world.This story is terrible.It's fantasy,but I wonder if this is true.This book teaches me the strictness of nature.
    • 3/5
      This is future story.When children become 12, they have to do the year of sharing.They have to go forest, and live with wild animals for the year.It is very terrible story.If children leaves forest, what they could do? nothing.It is same as killing!
    • 4/5
      One day, a boy was in jungle. He was familiar with deer family. But some wolves appeared. I thought this book is one of adventure. However, it is a deep story. It tought me importance of nature.
    • 4/5
      This story is about one boy.His village has a strange ceremony called Year of Sharing.That is when people are twelve,they start to live with an animal family.Richard,one of the children who are twelve in the village starts his new life with one animal family.His new life is very difficult.At first,i couldn't understand why Richard started to live with an animal family because i couldn't understand "Year of Sharing".It's because this ceremony is very strange and hard to understand.But fainaly,i could understand the story and it's very interesting to read the Richard's growth.
    • 2/5
      The genre of this book is fantasy and horror.The main character,Richard lives in a future world and is bored with quiet life.I was bored with this book because the story has not surprise.I'm not excited of this story.Moreover,I don't like Richard's thinking.I seem he is selfish a little.
    • 4/5
      There is a custum that the yaer of sharing in the future.Twelve-years-old children have to live in nature with wild animals.I thought the story was fearful because the end was unclear.So I didn't understand the end.But I like the idea of the story like the situation and the time.
    • 3/5
      This is a story about the future world.Richard was twelve years old.So,he must have lived as an animal in a forest.He lived as a fawn.He fought against wolves bravely to protect the deer of brothers.I was impressed by his action.
    • 3/5
      This story is set in the future world.Richard was boring to live in his small village.There is a the rule of his village.This is that he must do his year of sharing when he was twelve years old.I thought Richard is very brave person and cherish his family.I thought I cannnot do as he did.His courage impressed me.
    • 3/5
      This story is set in the future world.Thre is no cars,only bicycles and no cities,only villages.Twelve years old children must do "The Year of Sharing" is this village's rule.How do Richard who is main character survive "The Year of Sharing"...?Richard is very brave person.I was moved the scene Richard held out protect his deer family from wolves.If the rule of "The Year of Sharing" is exist,I think that I can't do well.
    • 3/5
      Richard was boring to live in his small village.But he must do his year of sharing when he was twelve years old.That is the rule of his village.He lived alone with a deer family for the first time.It was surprising story.If I were a child in the village,I wouldn't want to do the year of sharing.I won't be able to live with the wild animals.So I thought that Richard was very brave.I was impressed with his strength.
    • 3/5
      This is a surreal story. Rcard, who is twelve-year-old boy must spend one year in the wild with a deer family. I think he is brave because he fought with wolfves to save his "family". If I were he, I could not do anything for fear.
    • 4/5
      This is a very exciting fantasy story.This story's stage is the future world,and people live there must do their "Year of sharing"when they are twelve years old.The year is very dangerous year!When I saw this book's cover,I thought this story isvery horror,but this story is very exciting,fantastic and sad.And also I felt this story is very hot one.
    • 4/5
      This story is about the world that is far from now.this story’s hero, Richard’s future is very different from now. There are no cars, only bicycles. There are no cities, only villages. And people who become 12 years old have to have a each new family -a family of wild animals- and he will live with them for one year. It's interesting that future's world is uncomfortable and unconvenient differed from now. But to regret, I can't understand the thing that an auther want to tell.
    • 4/5
      This have a lot of fun. But it is frightening for me.The boy could learn many, many things.I was surprised at this ending!
    • 4/5
      THE YEAR OF SHARING is custom in the village for the future.When twelve years old,there children must live in the forest with wild animals.The children of one is Richard.Richard meets and spend like family with deer.So they fight with wolves.I think this ending is very sad.If this story become real,I am afraid of twelve yers old and living this village.This story is cruel for me,but I should think the now life again.
    • 3/5
      In the futur,children who became twelve years old should go to the forest and live with wild animals. this is a survival story about one boy Rechard. I felt very dreadful when I imagine the situasion and I found I can not survive. this story is fiction, but there are many important things I can learn from this story.
    • 4/5
      When children are twelve years old, they must live alone in the forest for a year.They learn to share with wild animals.This story is very shocking.If it were real world, I couldn't live.But it is a world where the stronger prey upon the weaker.I think we might be able to learn many things from animals.
    • 2/5
      You must live in the forest with a going animal for one year when you become 12 years old in this story.In the one year, there are a lot of learning it.However, it will be impossible to be familiar with the forest suddenly.If I were him, I am afraid of and may give it up.If this was reality, I thought that it was a slightly fearful story.
    • 3/5
      On the earth in the future,every body were obliged to live in the nature with the animals for one year at the age of 12 for learning from the nature.Half of child can't come back.Now, Richard will go to there without anythings except recorder.Rechard learn from many things from the nature.But, this story has something grotesque.for example final his mother's comment.This story left an unpleasant aftertaste.