Name: The Boy of the Painted Cave
ISBN: 9780698113770

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Art Meets the Hunt

A hunter’s urge to paint meets clan rules, wilderness, and a new idea of the hunt.

Come here for

An artist’s eye in a world built around the hunt

Expect

Isolation, a wolf-dog friend, and a mysterious teacher

Book Details

Authors: Justin Denzel
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: April 16, 1996
Format: Paperback
Theme: Prehistoric Stories · Survival Stories
Reading lane: Prehistoric Stories

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Publisher Categories

Art & Architecture
Boys & Men
Prehistoric Stories

About This Book

Tao is an outcast. Unlike the great hunters of his clan, Tao does not want to kill the wild bears or woolly mammoths of the hunt. Instead he wants only to paint them. But only Chosen Ones can be cave painters. What's more, Volt, the clan leader, violently despises Tao. And when the other clan members discover Tao's secret talent, they cast him out into the wilderness alone. There, he befriends a wild wolf dog named Ram, and the mysterious Graybeard, who teaches him the true...

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Tao is an outcast. Unlike the great hunters of his clan, Tao does not want to kill the wild bears or woolly mammoths of the hunt. Instead he wants only to paint them. But only Chosen Ones can be cave painters. What's more, Volt, the clan leader, violently despises Tao. And when the other clan members discover Tao's secret talent, they cast him out into the wilderness alone. There, he befriends a wild wolf dog named Ram, and the mysterious Graybeard, who teaches him the true secret of the hunt.