Claws door John Landon

Title: Claws
Author: John Landon
Publishing date: 1979
Number of pages: 58

Reason why the author choose this title

The reason that the author choose this tittle is because the
Turok(this is an enormous creature where the expedition leads to) has enormous claws.

Where does the story takes place?

The story takes place in London and in Kabul, that’s a city in
Afghanistan.

When does it takes place?

You can’t get it out of the book but I think around the seventy’s.

Length covered in the book

The length of the time covered in the book is 6 to 7 months.

The plot

It all starts in the town where Larry Bakewell live. He is looking for a job as a cook but not in a restaurant. He finds just the job that fits with him in the newspaper, to go with an expedition to the mountains in Afghanistan. He sends a letter to the advertiser and in a few days he receives a letter from the museum of natural science.
He must come to the museum to see professor Lugner. He goes to
the museum and asks for professor Lugner. He walks into his office and see there a large creature that named the Turok. He has a nice conversation with the professor and he gets the job. On the 1st of September they leave London by plane and start the search to the Turok on the 16th of September. They start the search and they think that in a few days they will reach the Mantra pass. When they have finally arrived at the mountains they build up there camp and go to sleep. They heard very strange sounds at night and they think it is the Turok. After that night they came to the conclusion that the Turok killed one of their people. After a long day searching for the Turok when they get back in their tents and are asleep they hear a
very large thing walking by the camp. They follow it but they are to slow to see what it is. They go back to the camp and there they see professor Lugner making footprints in the snow with a strange thing in his hand. After a few seconds they walk back to the camp before professor Lugner arrives at the camp. That night the professor walks also away from the camp and they see him again making footprints. Larry and his two friends follow him. Suddenly they hear a loud scream and there they see the body of the professor lying in the snow. They are very careful, an walk to him and see him dead lying in the snow.

What kind of book is it

It’s a book with a lot of adventure in it. With a very unexpected end.

Who told the story

John Landon is the writer of the story. He tells the story together with Larry Bakewell ,the main character in the book.

Characters

Person 1
Larry Bakewell: he is a man who is a cook. He loves to climb
mountains. he has short black hair and a beard and he is 26 years old. He is the main character in the book.

Person 2
Professor Lugner: he is the leader of the expedition. He has got
brow/black hair and glasses and a moustache. He also did other
expeditions to find the Turok. He is the second main character in the book.

Person 3
Abdul: he is a guide in the mountains. He has a beard and he is
bold. Professor Lugner doesn’t like him because he has also lead
another expedition before. The professor always take new people out on his expedition.

Personal opinion

I like the story because it’s funny and sometimes it is very
exiting. I also like the way John Landon writes the story by.