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Apr 16, 1996 | ISBN 9780698113770

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What is a summary of Boy of the Painted Cave?

About The Boy of the Painted Cave 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.

Who is the main character in Boy of the Painted Cave?

Boy of the Painted Cave is a 1996 middle-grade Historical Fiction novel by Justin Denzel set 18,000 years ago in prehistoric France. The novel is told in limited third person point of view and follows Tao, a 14-year-old boy with a disability, who longs to be a cave painter for his clan.

Who is greybeard and why is he important to Tao?

Graybeard was the old master, the shaman who wandered from clan to clan teaching and painting. Who in the clan chose the cave painters? He wanted to be a Chosen One who was able to paint. What did Tao want to be?

What happens in chapter 10 of boy of the Painted Cave?

Chapter 10 Summary. As the summer approaches, Tao is careful to watch for Volt or the other hunters when he and Ram leave the cave to go hunting. One day, Tao spots a herd of animals moving in the distance.