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These are only a few of the many works by Gary Paulsen.
 

Juvenile Fiction

Brian's Return.  New York: Delacorte. 1999.
(Companion to Hatchet)  After surviving alone in the wilderness, Brian has difficulty adjusting to city life, and returns to the wilderness, where he feels he belongs.
Soldier's Heart.  New York: Delacorte, 1998.
A teen soldier experiences the horrors of several Civil War battles.
 Brian's Winter.  New York: Delacorte, 1996.
(Companion to Hatchet)  Brian survives winter alone in the north Canadian wilderness.
Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered.  San Diego, CA: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1993.
A boy sent to the country to escape his alcoholic parents gets involved in many escapades with his cousin.
Nightjohn.  New York: Delacorte, 1993.
A slave's life changes when a fellow slave breaks the law to teach her to read.
 The Haymeadow.  New York: Delacorte, 1992.
A teen spends the summer alone in the Wyoming mountains tending his father's herd of sheep.
Hatchet.  New York: Bradbury Press, 1987.
A plane crash leaves a young boy to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness.
Mr. Tucket.  Funk & Wagnalls, 1968.
A boy is kidnapped from his wagon train by Pawnees, and is rescued by a one-armed trapper who helps him survive in the wild.

Juvenile Nonfiction

Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books.  New York: Delacorte, 2001.
Paulsen tells the real stories behind the Brian books.
My Life in Dog Years.  New York: Delacorte, 1998.
Stories of many of Paulsen's amazing and unforgettable dogs.
Father Water, Mother Woods:  Essays on Fishing and Hunting in the North Woods.  New York: Delacorte, 1994.
A collection of memorable stories from Paulsen's childhood years in northern Minnesota.

"This is a book you won't want to put down."  Jaimie, age 15 (referring to Soldier's Heart)

"I would read it many other times out of school."  Steven, age 13 (referring to My Life in Dog Years)


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