Book Review: Leaving Protection

     Leaving Protection by Will Hobbs is about a boy named Robbie Daniels. Robbie loves to fish, and he's leaving Protection to earn some money by getting a job on the boat. When arriving at Craig's  harbor, Robbie saw a boat named Storm Petrel where he will be working on to earn money. Robbie got on the boat and snooped around when something caught his eyes. It was a metal copper, and it had a number 13 on it. Robbie begins to work for Tor by helping hi fish. Towards to middle of the story Tor talks to Robbie about the plaques and the Russian settlement. When it gets to the end Tor had been swept overboard. After Tor died Robbie went back to Port Protection, and met up with Tor's daughter, Grace. Robbie got his check the total of $2,256. At the end Robbie and his family took a picture with the Petrel boat.

     One of the main themes in the book is to be patient. An example of how this theme is shown is when Robbie wanted to find the Number 11 plaques. There are a few steps to get there. First, you need to find your location. Then, you need to find a place where you're going to be digging. Don't try and rush things sometimes you need to be patient. I think this is one of the main themes is the book.

     I would recommend this book to other 7th grade readers, because it's very interesting to read, and it teaches you about fishing. I've never fished before in y intire life, but when I read this book it taught me so many things about fishing. This book has sad, funny, and interesting parts, so I would recommend this book to other 7th grade readers.


I got this picture from: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/will-hobbs/leaving-protection.htm