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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
The three-time Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet shares the story of his turbulent childhood, his escape into military service and the life-changing impact of an encouraging librarian who handed him his first book.
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2011
Language
English
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Description
For a sixteen-year-old boy out in the world alone for the first time, every day's an education in the hard work and boredom of migrant labor. He discovers the secret sadness and generosity to be found on a lonely farm in the middle of nowhere. Then he joins up with a carnival and becomes a grunt, running a ride and shilling for the geek show. By the end of the summer he's pretty sure he knows it all until a girl named Ruby comes into his life.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The author describes his motorcycle journey through Minnesota and the Rockies to the Alaskan Highway, recalling the events in his life that have made him the man he is today.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The author describes some of the dogs that have had special places in his life, including his first dog, Snowball, in the Phillippines; Dirk, who protected him from bullies; and Cookie, who saved his life.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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...
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