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author spotlight
“We have been passive. We have been stupid. We have been lazy. We have done all the things we could do to destroy ourselves. If there is any hope at all for the human race, it has to come from young people. Not from adults.”—Gary Paulsen
A three-time Newbery Honor winner, Gary Paulsen is also winner of the 1997 Margaret A. Edwards Award, which honors an author’s lifetime contribution to writing books for teenagers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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The River
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1993
Price: $5.99
"We want you to do it again."
These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived. Now the government wants him to do it again--to go back into the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1993
Price: $5.99
"We want you to do it again."
These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived. Now the government wants him to do it again--to go back into the... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
paperback.
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Brian's Winter
Format: Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: January 12, 1998
Price: $6.50
In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. Finally, as millions of readers know, he was rescued at the end of the summer. But what if Brian hadn't been rescued? What if he had been left to face his deadliest enemy--winter?
Gary... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: January 12, 1998
Price: $6.50
In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. Finally, as millions of readers know, he was rescued at the end of the summer. But what if Brian hadn't been rescued? What if he had been left to face his deadliest enemy--winter?
Gary... Read more >
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Lawn Boy
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $6.50
One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . . One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $6.50
One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . . One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about... Read more >
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Brian's Return
Format: Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2001
Price: $6.50
As millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone in the wilderness by finding solutions to extraordinary challenges. But now that's he's back in civilization, he can't find a way to make sense of high school life. He feels disconnected, more isolated than he... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2001
Price: $6.50
As millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone in the wilderness by finding solutions to extraordinary challenges. But now that's he's back in civilization, he can't find a way to make sense of high school life. He feels disconnected, more isolated than he... Read more >
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Brian's Hunt
Format: Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $5.99
Millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, Brian’s Winter, and Brian’s Return know that Brian Robeson is at home in the Canadian wilderness. He has stood up to the challenge of surviving alone in the woods. He prefers being on his own in the natural world to civilization.
When Brian finds... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $5.99
Millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, Brian’s Winter, and Brian’s Return know that Brian Robeson is at home in the Canadian wilderness. He has stood up to the challenge of surviving alone in the woods. He prefers being on his own in the natural world to civilization.
When Brian finds... Read more >
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The River
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: January 12, 1998
Price: $6.50
"We want you to do it again."
These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived.
Now the government wants him to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: January 12, 1998
Price: $6.50
"We want you to do it again."
These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived.
Now the government wants him to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Nightjohn
Format: Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1995
Price: $5.99
"To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That's why they don't want us reading." --Nightjohn
"I didn't know what letters was... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1995
Price: $5.99
"To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That's why they don't want us reading." --Nightjohn
"I didn't know what letters was... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Tucket's Travels
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $7.99
Fourteen-year-old Francis is heading west in a wagon train on the Oregon Trail when he’s kidnapped by Pawnees. His adventures during the two-year search for his family teach him how to live by the harsh code of the wilderness, and give readers an exciting panoramic vision of the West at a... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $7.99
Fourteen-year-old Francis is heading west in a wagon train on the Oregon Trail when he’s kidnapped by Pawnees. His adventures during the two-year search for his family teach him how to live by the harsh code of the wilderness, and give readers an exciting panoramic vision of the West at a... Read more >
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My Life in Dog Years
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: June 8, 1999
Price: $6.50
Gary Paulsen has owned dozens of unforgettable and amazing dogs. In each chapter he tells the story of one special dog, among them Snowball, the puppy he owned as a boy in the Philippines; Ike, his mysterious hunting companion; Dirk, the grim protector; and Josh, one of the remarkable border collies... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: June 8, 1999
Price: $6.50
Gary Paulsen has owned dozens of unforgettable and amazing dogs. In each chapter he tells the story of one special dog, among them Snowball, the puppy he owned as a boy in the Philippines; Ike, his mysterious hunting companion; Dirk, the grim protector; and Josh, one of the remarkable border collies... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Sarny
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 10, 1999
Price: $6.50
So many readers have written and asked: What happened to Sarny, the young slave girl who learned to read in Nightjohn? Extraordinary things happened to her, from the moment she fled the plantation in the last days of the Civil War, suddenly a free woman in search of her sold-away children... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 10, 1999
Price: $6.50
So many readers have written and asked: What happened to Sarny, the young slave girl who learned to read in Nightjohn? Extraordinary things happened to her, from the moment she fled the plantation in the last days of the Civil War, suddenly a free woman in search of her sold-away children... Read more >
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Notes from the Dog
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $15.99
“Sometimes having company is not all it’s cracked up to be.” Fifteen-year-old Finn is a loner, living with his dad and his amazing dog, Dylan. This summer he’s hoping for a job where he doesn’t have to talk to anyone except his pal Matthew. Then Johanna moves in next door. She’s... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $15.99
“Sometimes having company is not all it’s cracked up to be.” Fifteen-year-old Finn is a loner, living with his dad and his amazing dog, Dylan. This summer he’s hoping for a job where he doesn’t have to talk to anyone except his pal Matthew. Then Johanna moves in next door. She’s... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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Soldier's Heart
Format: Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2000
Price: $6.50
In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war" meant or what he was fighting for. But he didn't want to miss out on a great adventure.
The "shooting war" turned out to be... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2000
Price: $6.50
In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war" meant or what he was fighting for. But he didn't want to miss out on a great adventure.
The "shooting war" turned out to be... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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Hatchet
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 27, 2004
Price: $19.99
On his way to visit his recently divorced father in the Canadian mountains, thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is the only survivor when the single-engine plane crashes. His body battered, his clothes in shreds, Brian must now stay alive in the boundless Canadian wilderness.
More than a survival story, Hatchet is a tale of... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 27, 2004
Price: $19.99
On his way to visit his recently divorced father in the Canadian mountains, thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is the only survivor when the single-engine plane crashes. His body battered, his clothes in shreds, Brian must now stay alive in the boundless Canadian wilderness.
More than a survival story, Hatchet is a tale of... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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Mudshark
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $12.99
Mudshark is the go-to guy for any mysteries that need solving. Lost your shoe? Can’t find your homework? Ask Mudshark. That is, until the Psychic Parrot takes up residence in the school library and threatens to overturn Mudshark’s position as the guy who knows all the answers. The word in school... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $12.99
Mudshark is the go-to guy for any mysteries that need solving. Lost your shoe? Can’t find your homework? Ask Mudshark. That is, until the Psychic Parrot takes up residence in the school library and threatens to overturn Mudshark’s position as the guy who knows all the answers. The word in school... Read more >
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The Transall Saga
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 12, 1999
Price: $7.50
Find yourself in another world in The Transall Saga, the latest adventure from Gary Paulsen:
Mark's solo camping trip to the desert begins as any other camping trip, until a mysterious beam of light appears. The trip turns into a terrifying and thrilling adventure when the light beam transports Mark into another time... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 12, 1999
Price: $7.50
Find yourself in another world in The Transall Saga, the latest adventure from Gary Paulsen:
Mark's solo camping trip to the desert begins as any other camping trip, until a mysterious beam of light appears. The trip turns into a terrifying and thrilling adventure when the light beam transports Mark into another time... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Guts
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: November 12, 2002
Price: $6.50
Guess what -- Gary Paulsen was being kind to Brian. In Guts, Gary tells the real stories behind the Brian books, the stories of the adventures that inspired him to write Brian Robeson's story: working as an emergency volunteer; the death that inspired the pilot's death in Hatchet; plane crashes he... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: November 12, 2002
Price: $6.50
Guess what -- Gary Paulsen was being kind to Brian. In Guts, Gary tells the real stories behind the Brian books, the stories of the adventures that inspired him to write Brian Robeson's story: working as an emergency volunteer; the death that inspired the pilot's death in Hatchet; plane crashes he... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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How Angel Peterson Got His Name
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2004
Price: $5.99
WHEN YOU GROW up in a small town in the north woods, you have to make your own excitement. High spirits, idiocy, and showing off for the girls inspire Gary Paulsen and his friends to attempt:
• Shooting waterfalls in a barrel
• The first skateboarding
• Breaking the world record for speed on... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2004
Price: $5.99
WHEN YOU GROW up in a small town in the north woods, you have to make your own excitement. High spirits, idiocy, and showing off for the girls inspire Gary Paulsen and his friends to attempt:
• Shooting waterfalls in a barrel
• The first skateboarding
• Breaking the world record for speed on... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Canyons
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1991
Price: $6.99
Two boys, separated by the canyons of time and two vastly different cultures, face the challenges by which they become men.
Coyote Runs, an Apache boy, takes part in his first raid--the one that will usher him into manhood. He is to be a man for but a short time...
More than a... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1991
Price: $6.99
Two boys, separated by the canyons of time and two vastly different cultures, face the challenges by which they become men.
Coyote Runs, an Apache boy, takes part in his first raid--the one that will usher him into manhood. He is to be a man for but a short time...
More than a... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD and an
abridged audiobook download.
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The Legend of Bass Reeves
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $6.50
Born into slavery, Bass Reeves became the most successful US Marshal of the Wild West.
Many "heroic lawmen" of the Wild West, familiar to us through television and film, were actually violent scoundrels and outlaws themselves. But of all the sheriffs of the frontier, one man stands out as a true hero... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $6.50
Born into slavery, Bass Reeves became the most successful US Marshal of the Wild West.
Many "heroic lawmen" of the Wild West, familiar to us through television and film, were actually violent scoundrels and outlaws themselves. But of all the sheriffs of the frontier, one man stands out as a true hero... Read more >
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Escape from Fire Mountain
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1995
Price: $4.99
Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1995
Price: $4.99
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Lawn Boy
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2007
Price: $12.99
One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . . One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2007
Price: $12.99
One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . . One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Mr. Tucket
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1995
Price: $6.99
Fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family by wagon train. When he receives a rifle for his birthday, he is thrilled that he is being treated like an adult. But Francis lags behind to practice shooting and is captured by Pawnees. It will take wild... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1995
Price: $6.99
Fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family by wagon train. When he receives a rifle for his birthday, he is thrilled that he is being treated like an adult. But Francis lags behind to practice shooting and is captured by Pawnees. It will take wild... Read more >
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Dogteam
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: October 1, 1995
Price: $6.99
On a moonlit winter night, a team of dogs pulls a sled, taking the narrator and readers on a wondrous ride through the snow, into and out of the woods. It is a ride you'll wish would never end.
Through this exquisite prose poem, Gary Paulsen shares the joy, the beauty, and... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: October 1, 1995
Price: $6.99
On a moonlit winter night, a team of dogs pulls a sled, taking the narrator and readers on a wondrous ride through the snow, into and out of the woods. It is a ride you'll wish would never end.
Through this exquisite prose poem, Gary Paulsen shares the joy, the beauty, and... Read more >
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Danger on Midnight River
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: July 1, 1995
Price: $4.99
Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: July 1, 1995
Price: $4.99
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Time Hackers
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $5.99
You ever open your locker and find that some joker has left something really weird inside?
Seventh-grader Dorso Clayman opens his locker door to find a dead body.
Thirty seconds later it disappears.
It’s not the first bizarre thing that has appeared in his locker and then vanished.
Something’s going on.
Somebody has decided... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $5.99
You ever open your locker and find that some joker has left something really weird inside?
Seventh-grader Dorso Clayman opens his locker door to find a dead body.
Thirty seconds later it disappears.
It’s not the first bizarre thing that has appeared in his locker and then vanished.
Something’s going on.
Somebody has decided... Read more >
