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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Formats
Description
"His name is synonymous with high-stakes wilderness survival stories. Now, beloved author Gary Paulsen portrays a series of life-altering moments from his turbulent childhood as his own original survival story. If not for his summer escape from a shockingly neglectful Chicago upbringing to a North Woods homestead at age five, there never would have been a Hatchet. Without the encouragement of the librarian who handed him his first book at age thirteen,...
5) Woodsong
Author
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Appears on list
Description
For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.
10) Gary Paulsen
Author
Description
Describes the multifaceted life of author Gary Paulsen, whose writings include adventure stories, survival tales, historical novels, sports stories, and nature books.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"The Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet and Dogsong shares surprising true stories about his relationship with animals, highlighting their compassion, intellect, intuition, and sense of adventure. Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companion: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle...
13) Guts
Author
Pub. Date
19uu
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired parts of his books about the character, Brian Robeson.
16) Gary Paulsen
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Discusses the life, publications, and writing habits of Gary Paulsen, author of such popular novels as "Hatchet" and "Dogsong," as well as non-fiction works.
17) Gary Paulsen
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This biography introduces readers to Gary Paulsen, the Newbery Medal winning author of Hatchet. Readers will learn about Paulsen's childhood in the Philippines and Minnesota, the night he received a library card, his love of dog sledding, and the adventures that inspire his award-winning books. He is also the author of Tracker, Mr. Tucket, and Woodsong. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos highlight Paulsen's childhood, education, and life as an...
20) Gary Paulsen
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Presents a brief biography of Gary Paulsen, author of "Hatchet," beginning with how he found his love of reading--by taking shelter from the cold in a library.