38 pages • 1 hour read
Gary PaulsenA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Gary James Paulsen was an American author, acclaimed for his works of young adult and children’s literature. In a prolific writing career that spanned several decades, Paulsen authored over 200 books, as well as more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays. He received the American Library Association’s Margaret Edwards Award for a lifetime achievement in contributions to young adult literature in 1997. The association highlighted the theme of survival woven throughout many of his most influential books; especially Hatchet, which is often considered his best known and most enduring novel.
Paulsen was born in Minneapolis on May 17, 1939, to Oscar and Eunice Paulsen. His father, an officer in the army, left home to join General Patton’s staff soon after he was born. Paulsen didn’t see his father again until he was seven years old. Until then, Paulsen and his mother lived in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, and Chicago, Illinois. He also lived with relatives on a farm for a year before World War II ended. In 1946, Paulsen and his mother sailed to the Philippines, where they joined his father and lived on the army base.
By Gary Paulsen
Brian's Hunt
Gary Paulsen
Brian's Return
Gary Paulsen
Brian's Winter
Gary Paulsen
Canyons
Gary Paulsen
Dogsong
Gary Paulsen
Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books
Gary Paulsen
Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered
Gary Paulsen
Hatchet
Gary Paulsen
How Angel Peterson Got His Name
Gary Paulsen
Lawn Boy
Gary Paulsen
Masters of Disaster
Gary Paulsen
My Life in Dog Years
Gary Paulsen
Nightjohn
Gary Paulsen
Northwind
Gary Paulsen
Soldiers Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers
Gary Paulsen
The Crossing
Gary Paulsen
The Monument
Gary Paulsen
The River
Gary Paulsen
The Transall Saga
Gary Paulsen
The Voyage of the Frog
Gary Paulsen