“Read like a wolf eats”
Published works
[edit] Brian's Saga
Hatchet (1987) (Has an
alternate ending
which makes great
continuity with
Brian's Winter)
The River (Hatchet: The
Return) (1991)
Brian's Winter (Hatchet:
Winter) (1996)
Brian's Return (Hatchet:
The Call) (1999)
Brian's Hunt (2003)
[edit] Murphy series
Murphy (1987)
Murphy's Gold (1988)
Murphy's Herd (1989)
Murphy's War (1990)
Co-authored by Brian
BurksMurphy's Stand
(1993)
Murphy's Ambush (1995)
Murphy's Trail (1996)
[edit] Alida's series
The Cookcamp (1991)
Alida's Song (1999)
The Quilt (2004)
[edit] World of Adventure
The Legend of Red Horse
Cavern (1994)
Rodomonte's Revenge
(Video Trap) (1994)
Escape from Fire Mountain
(1995)
The Rock Jockeys (Devil's
Wall) (1995)
Hook 'Em Snotty! (1995)
Danger on Midnight River
(1995)
The Gorgon Slayer (1995)
Captive! (1995)
Project - A Perfect World
(Perfect Danger)
(1996)
The Treasure of El Patron
(Treasure Ship)
(1996)
Skydive! (1996)
The Seventh Crystal (1996)
The Creature of Black
Water Lake (1997)
Time Benders (1997)
Grizzly (1997)
Thunder Valley (1998)
Curse of the Ruins (1998)
Flight of the Hawk (1998)
[edit] Tales to Tickle the
Funnybone
The Boy Who Owned the
School (1990)
Harris and Me (1993)
The Schernoff Discoveries
(1997)
The Glass Cafe (2003)
Molly McGinty Has a Really
Good Day (2004)
The Amazing Life of Birds:
The Twenty-Day
Puberty Journal of
Duane Homer Leech
(2006)
Lawn Boy (2007)
[edit] Culpepper
Adventures
The Case of the Dirty Bird
(1992)
Dunc's Doll (1992)
Culpepper's Cannon
(1992)
Dunc Gets Tweaked (1992)
Dunc's Halloween (1992)
Dunc Breaks the Record
(1992)
Dunc and the Flaming
Ghost (1992)
Amos Gets Famous (1993)
Dunc and Amos Hit the Big
Top (1993)
Dunc's Dump (1993)
Dunc and the Scam Artists
(1993)
Dunc and Amos and the
Red Tattoos (1993)
Dunc's Undercover
Christmas (1993)
Wild Culpepper Cruise
(1993)
Dunc and the Haunted
Castle (1993)
Cowpokes and
Desperadoes (1994)
Prince Amos (1994)
Coach Amos (1994)
Amos and the Alien (1994)
Dunc and Amos Meet the
Slasher (1994)
Dunc and the Greased
Sticks of Doom
The Curse of the Cobra
Amos's Killer Concert
Caper (1994)
Amos Gets Married (1995)
Amos Goes Bananas
Tracker (1984)
Dogsong (1985)
Sentries (1986)
The Crossing (1987)
The Island (1988)
Night Rituals (1989)
The Voyage of the Frog
(1994)
(1995)
Dunc and Amos Go to the
Dogs (1996)
Amos and the Vampire
(1996)
Amos and the Chameleon
Caper (1996)
Amos Binder, Secret Agent
(1997)
Dunc and Amos on Thin
Ice (1997)
Super Amos (1997)
[edit] Other novels
Sarny
Nightjohn
The Special War (1966)
Some Birds Don't Fly
(1968)
The Death Specialists
(1976)
The Implosion Effect
(1976)
C. B. Jockey (1977)
(alternate title of The
C.B. Radio Caper?)
The Golden Stick (1977)
Tiltawhirl John (1977) (also
known as Tasting
the Thunder in the
UK)
The C. B. Radio Caper
(1977)
Foxman (1977)
Winterkill (1977)
(1977)
The Green Recruit (1978)
The Spitball Gang (1980)
Compkill (1981)
The Sweeper (1981)
Clutterkill (1982)
Dancing Carl (1983)
Popcorn Days and
Buttermilk Nights
(1983)
(1989)
The Winter Room (1989)
Canyons (1990)
Kill Fee (1990)
The Night the White Deer
Died (1990)
The Monument (1991)
Clabbered Dirt, Sweet
Grass (1992)
The Haymeadow (1992)
(known as The
Fourteenth Summer
Soldier's Heart (1998)
Canoe Days (1999)
The Beet Fields (2000)
The White Fox Chronicles
(2000)
The Time Hackers (2005)
The Legend of Bass Reeves
(2006)
Mudshark (2009)
Notes from the Dog (2009)
Woods Runner (2010)
Lawn Boy
Lawn Boy Returns (2010)
Masters of Disaster (2010)
Liar, Liar (March 8, 2011)
Guts (autobiography)
(2001)
[edit] Non-Fiction
The Grass-Eaters: Real
Animals (1976)
The Small Ones (1976)
Hitting, Pitching, and
Running (1976)
Martin Luther King: The
Man Who Climbed
the Mountain (1976)
Dribbling, Shooting, and
Scoring (1976)
Careers in an Airport
(1977)
Facing Off, Checking and
Goaltending (1979)
Launching, Floating High
and Landing (1979)
Pummeling, Falling and
Getting UpSometimes (1979)
Track, Enduro and
Motocross (1979)
Canoeing, Kayaking, and
Rafting (1979)
Going Very Fast in a Circle
(1979)
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Guts: The True
Stories Behind
Hatchet and the
Brian Books (2001)
Caught by the Sea My Life on Boats
(2001)
How Angel Peterson
Got His Name (2003)
T.V. and Movie Animals
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[edit] Awards and
recognition
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Newbery Honor Book
1986 - Dogsong[8]
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Newbery Honor Book
1988 - Hatchet[8]
(1980) (with Art
Browne, Jr)
Money Saving Home Repair
Guide: Successful
Home Improvement
Series (1981)
Sailing: From Jibs to Jibing
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(1981)
Downhill, Hotdogging and
Cross-Country
(1979)
(1999) (reprint title
of Pilgrimage on a
Steel Ride)
(1980)
The Transall Saga (1998)
(known as Blue Light
in the UK)
Zero to Sixty: A
Motorcycle Journey
Through Midlife
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Full of Hot Air: Launching,
Floating High, And
Landing (1993)
A Guide for Using Hatchet
in the Classroom
(1978)
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(1980)
Running, Jumping, and
Throwing (1978)
Successful Home Repair:
When Not to Call the
Contractor (1978)
Forehanding and
Backhanding (1978)
Hiking and Backpacking
title of Woodsong or
Winterdance?)
(various authors,
including Paulsen
excerpt?)
Tennis: Focus On Sport
The Car (1994)
The Tent (1995)
The Tortilla Factory (1995)
The Rifle (1995)
Worksong (1997)
Ice Race (1997) (alternate
(1977)
(1997)
All Aboard: Stories from
Big Books (1998)
(1980)
Ice Hockey: Focus On
Sport (1980)
Motor Cycling: Focus On
Sport (1980)
Motor Racing: Focus On
Sport (1980)
Skiing: Focus On Sport
Beat the System: A Survival
Guide (1982)
The Madonna Stories
(includes Spanish
translation by Gloria
de Aragon Andujar)
(1998)
Pilgrimage on a Steel Ride:
A Memoir of Men
and Motorcycles
Athletics: Focus On Sport
Tackling, Running, and
Kicking (1977)
Riding, Roping, and
Bulldogging (1977)
Farm: A History And
Celebration of the
American Farmer
in the UK)
A Christmas Sonata (1992)
Dogteam (1993)
Sisters / Hermanas (1993)
Northers (1996)
My Life in Dog Years
Winter Room[9]
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(1993)
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Sequoyah Book
Award 1990 Young
Adult - Hatchet[10]
Western Writers of
America Golden
Spurs Award - The
Haymeadow
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(1994)
Winterdance: The Fine
Madness of Running
the Iditarod (1994)
Father Water, Mother
Woods (1994)
Puppies, Dogs, and Blue
Newbery Honor Book
1990 - The Winter
Room[8]
(1988)
Woodsong (1990)
Eastern Sun, Winter Moon
Northeastern
Minnesota Book
Awards 1989 - The
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Margaret Edwards
Award 1997
Winner[11]
Sequoyah Book
Award 2010
Children's - Lawn
Boy[10]
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Like all writers, Gary Paulsen’s writing is
based on his life experiences, but most
writers don’t have access to the kind of
action-packed, adventurous life that is Gary
Paulsen’s.
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Born in 1939, in
Minneapolis, Minnesota,
to parents who “was
puke drunks,” Gary
Paulsen learned as a
small boy that he would
have to take care of
himself in this life.
Paulsen has written a
similar painful beginning
for many of his young
characters in his novels.
For example,
“Me” in Harris and Me
Copyright 1993
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In his novel The Beet
Fields, the 16 year old
protagonist, referred to
only as “the boy,” runs
away from his abusive,
dysfunctional home and
works in a carnival,
labors in the beet fields,
and comes of age—a
mirror image of the
author’s life at 16.
Delacorte Press
Copyright 2000
“A lot of the books—My Life In Dog Years, How
Angel Peterson Got His Name, The Beet
Fields, Caught By The Sea, Father Water
Mother Woods, A Christmas Sonata, Guts,
Alida's Song and The Quilt—are about me and
my life so I guess I'm a real life character.”—
from www.randomhouse.com Gary Paulsen
webpage
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Run away from home at
age 14
Traveled with a carnival
Worked on a farm
Been an electronics
engineer
Worked in construction
Been a ranch hand, a
truck driver, and a sailor
Run the 1800 mile
Iditarod in Alaska twice
Worked as a satellite
technician for an
aerospace firm
Spent a year as a
Hollywood magazine
proofreader
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Written over 175 books
in many genres
Been married twice
Raised three children,
two boys and a girl
Fished
Hunted
Flown airplanes
Been a soldier in the US
Army
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Newbery Honor Book 1986 - Dogsong
Newbery Honor Book 1988 - Hatchet
Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards 1989 - The
Winter Room
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Newbery Honor Book 1990 - The Winter Room
Sequoyah Book Award 1990 Young Adult -
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Western Writers of America Golden Spurs Award -
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Hatchet[10]
The Haymeadow
Margaret Edwards Award 1997 Winner
Sequoyah Book Award 2010 Children's - Lawn Boy
 Soldier's
Heart
 Harris and Me (my personal
favorite!)
 Dogsong
 Nightjohn
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He shows respect for his adolescent
audience; he doesn’t “talk down” to them.
He uses vivid images in his writing to make
his stories come alive.
His characters are real and believable—they
look, sound, and act like people in our
everyday lives.
The stories are fast paced, believable,
exciting, and often humorous.
The problems the protagonists face reflect
those of everyday, real kids.
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Paulsen’s love of books began when he went
into a library, seeking a warm place on a cold
day. The librarian gave him a library card, and
he began reading one book after another.
Now Gary Paulsen writes, “18-, 19-, 20-hour
days completely committed to work. Totally
viciously, obsessively committed to work, the
way I’d run dogs” (Paulsen ).
Kids love to read his books; they send him as
many as 200 letters a day!
Gary Paulsen
Currently lives with his wife, Ruth, dividing his time between a home in New
Mexico and a boat in the Pacific Ocean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7
ADtOjxmRs
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http://www.randomhouse.com/features/gary
paulsen/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7ADtOjx
mRs
www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/ga
ry-paulsen
www.yourlibrary.ws/childrens_webpage/jauthor52000.htm