Gary Paulsen
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Author Gary Paulsen relates tales from his youth in a small town in northwestern Minnesota in the late 1940s and early 1950s, such as skiing behind a souped-up car and imitating daredevil Evel Knievel.
66) El hacha
Author
Series
Brian's saga volume 1
Publisher
Editorial Noguer
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
3rd ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
Español
Description
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
67) Dancing Carl
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
2nd Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
Language
English
Description
As winter progresses, the strange man in the worn flight jacket dances frequently on the ice of the rink, expressing more with his movements than most people do with words, and twelve-year-olds Marsh and Willy try to learn his secret.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Gary Paulsen introduces readers to Charley Goddard in his latest novel, Soldier's Heart. Charley goes to war a boy, and returns a changed man, crippled by what he has seen. In this captivating tale Paulsen vividly shows readers the turmoil of war through one boy's eyes and one boy's heart, and gives a voice to all the anonymous young men who fought in the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
When a small boy spends Christmas in the snowy Minnesota countryside, he becomes the official scout for his young bedridden cousin, Matthew, who is running out of secrets to explore. Matthew already knows there is no Santa Claus, and he knows his life is ending. As Christmas Eve approaches, the boy worries that he will be unable to find something magical for Matthew. But when that hopeful night arrives, the two are joined in a miraculous surprise...
70) Sisters/Hermanas
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Language
Español
Description
Master storyteller Gary Paulsen spins a penetrating and thought-provoking tale of two 14-year-olds: one, a Mexican prostitute; the other, a Texas cheerleader-trapped by a society that puts a high price on youth and beauty.
71) The winter room
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
72) Tucket's ride
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When fifteen-year-old Francis and two younger children lose their way in the wilderness of the Southwest, they face capture at the hands of dangerous men.
Author
Publisher
Audioworks, Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
The author of "Hatchet" and "Dogsong" describes his participation in two Iditarods and countless survival-testing sports with the help of a menagerie of clever and loyal animal companions.
74) Liar, liar
Author
Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2011.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kevin is very good at lying and doing so makes life easier, but when he finds himself in big trouble with his friends, family, and teachers, he must find a way to end his lies forever.
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2012
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Gary Paulsen takes listeners along on his maiden voyage, proving that ignorance can be bliss, as well as incredibly dangerous. He tells of boats that owned him, good, bad, and beloved, and how they got him through terrifying storms that he survived by sheer luck. His spare prose conjures up shark surprises and killer waves as well as moonlight on the sea, and makes listeners feel what it's like to sail under the stars or lie at anchor in a tropical...
Author
Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Kevin Spencer, the hero of Liar, Liar, Flat Broke, and Crush, has a knack for tackling big ideas and goofing up, so what's next? Politics, of course! He's running for office, and his campaign is truly unique.
77) Sarny
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Many readers of Nightjohn have wanted to know what happened to Sarny, the young slave whom Nightjohn taught to read. Here is Sarny's story, from the moment she leaves the plantation in the last days of the Civil War, suddenly a free woman in search of her sold-away children. Her search takes her to New Orleans and the home of the mysterious and remarkable Miss Laura. Like Nightjohn, Miss Laura changes Sarny's life, and she helps Sarny pass...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
An experienced Iditarod racer, Gary Paulsen celebrates his lead dog and longtime companion, Cookie, in this intimate essay. Paulsen takes readers inside the kennel as Cookie’s last litter of pups grow and learn to pull sleds across the snowy frontier.
Includes an author's note.
79) Woodsong
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
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.