Paulsen, Gary

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Hatchet

  • Paulsen, Gary
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
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The seventh crystal

  • Paulsen, Gary
Chris receives a computer game in the mail that somehow becomes real and he finds himself trapped in a mysterious adventure in which he must retrieve a magic crystal from a dragon and use it to release Princess Darvina from the evil spell that has turned her to stone.
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Lawn Boy returns

  • Paulsen, Gary
Having expanded his summer lawn mowing job into an ever-growing business conglomerate, a twelve-year-old boy gets involved in high finance thanks to his hippie stockbroker, takes on sponsorship of a boxer, and becomes a media sensation.
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The monument

  • Paulsen, Gary
Thirteen-year-old Rocky, self-conscious about the braces on her leg, has her life changed by the remarkable artist who comes to her small Kansas town to design a war memorial.
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Brian's hunt

  • Paulsen, Gary
Two years after having survived a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, a sixteen-year-old returns to the wild to befriend a wounded dog and hunt a rogue bear.
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Woods runner

  • Paulsen, Gary
From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. Includes historical notes at the end of each chapter.
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Captive!

  • Paulsen, Gary
Roman Sanchez, still suffering from the death of his father, must use all his skills and knowledge to save himself and the lives of three classmates when they are kidnapped from school and held for ransom.
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Tracker

Submitted by khenkes on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 15:25

Only thirteen, John must track a deer in the Minnesota woods for his family's winter meat, and in doing so finds himself drawn to the doe that he hunts.

The Foxman

Submitted by khenkes on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 15:25

A town boy sent to live on a remote wilderness farm forms a friendship with an elderly, disfigured man who teaches him many things.

The winter room

Submitted by khenkes on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 15:25

A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past.

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