Rascal

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Rascal
By Sterling North
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Sterling keeps a raccoon he finds in the woods as
a pet.
Main Idea

• Sterling keeps Rascal as a pet and they share
  many adventures together.
• Rascal gets into a lot of trouble.
• Jessica and Theo try to get Sterling and their
  father to get a housekeeper.
• Sterlings father goes away on business a lot,
  leaving Sterling and his animals by themselves.
• There was a war going on in France.
• Sterling goes to Lake Superior with his dad and
  Rascal.

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Theme

• Sometimes we have to let go of the people we love
  the most, because thats usually whats best for
  them.
• Some animals are better off and belong in the
  wild.

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Plot

• Sterling adopts a stray raccoon that soon becomes
  his new best friend.
• Sterling, his father, and Rascal go to see
  whippoorwills.
• Theo and Jessica come and tell Sterling and his
  father to get a housekeeper.
• Sterling, his father, and Rascal go to Lake
  Superior.
• Sterling lets Rascal go.

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Setting
The setting most of the time takes place at
Sterlings house. He has a big backyard. He has a
cage outside for Rascal. With all the pets that
Sterling has it can get sort of messy though. The
living room was very messy when Sterling made his
canoe.
Sterlings house
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Characters
Sterling

• Sterling has short brown hair and brown eyes.
  Sterling is a caring person who wouldnt want to
  hurt anyone and instead of keeping Rascal he let
  him go. Sterling is the main character and the
  story is mostly about the adventures Rascal and
  him share.

Rascal has a black mask and long whiskers with a
wet black nose and white in parts of his face. He
is a clever, smart, and mischievous raccoon. He
was Sterlings pet raccoon.
Sterlings dad has short gray hair and brown
eyes. He is very outgoing, smart and sweet. He is
Sterlings father.
Sterlings dad
Rascal
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Words That I Didnt Know Before the Story

• A." Well, all right, I agreed reluctantly,
  knowing that Rascal could come back in any time
  he pleased. B. Unwilling disinclined, C.
  struggling in opposition
• A. Dont be impertinent, Theo said, reassuming
  her dignity. B. intrusive or presumptuous, as
  persons of their actions insolently rude
  uncivil C. not pertinent or relevant irrelevant
• A. His little hands examined gleaming axes,
  peavey hooks, and entrancing fly reels B. To fill
  with wonder delight or enchantment. C. To put in
  a trace
• A. Several creeks entered shallow bays where
  great blue herons waded stealthily, striking as
  swiftly as a water snake to seize and swallow
  small fish and frogs. B. done, characterized, or
  acting by stealth furtive. C. Marked or acting
  with quiet caution and secrecy intended to avoid
  notice.
• A. It was on promontory some twenty feet above
  one of the deepest and most beautiful trout pools
  I have ever seen, carved from the rock at a curve
  in the Brule. B. a high point of land or rock
  projecting into the sea or other water beyond the
  line of coast a headland. C. a bluff, or part of
  a plateau, overlooking a lowland.

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World War I

• World War I took place in Europe between 1914 and
  1918.
• A lot of the fighting took place along the
  Western Front.
• It caused the disintegration of four empires.
• What happened in World War I would be important
  factors in the development of World War II.
• Millions of people lost their lives fighting.

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Similes, Metaphors, and Alliterlations

• Alliterations
  
• Silly Sterling swam towards shore. Rascal
  rapidly races funny Raymond.
• Metaphors
• Rascal is a raccoon. Theo is a cat.
• Similes
• Sterling is like a cloud. Slammy Stillman is as
  tough as a rock.

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Table
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A Raccoon For a Pet or Not

• I think that the author, Sterling North, feels
  that its great to have a pet, just maybe not a
  raccoon. Some animals prefer to stay in the wild
  though. A dog, cat, and many other animals make
  great pets. Raccoons and other wild creatures are
  happier in the wild. Rascal got himself into a
  lot of trouble and probably would have been
  better off in the wild where he couldve roamed
  free.