Gary Paulsen Books
The monument
By Gary Paulsen
Thirteen-year-old Rocky, self-conscious about the braces on her leg, has her life changed by the remarkable artist who comes to her small Kansas town to design a war memorial.
Read MoreDogteam
By Gary Paulsen
Portrays the excitement, the danger, and the beauty of a night run.
Read MoreThe haymeadow
By Gary Paulsen
Fourteen-year-old John comes of age and gains self-reliance during the summer he spends up in the Wyoming mountains tending his father's herd of sheep.
Read MoreNightjohn
By Gary Paulsen
Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her how to read.
Read MoreFull of hot air
By Gary Paulsen
A humorous commentary on different aspects of ballooning using photographs of professional participants in the sport.
Read MoreMr. Tucket
By Gary Paulsen
In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild.
Read MoreThe Schernoff discoveries
By Gary Paulsen
Harold and his best friend, both hopeless geeks and societal misfits, try to survive unusual science experiments, the attacks of the football team, and other dangers of junior high school.
Read MoreSarny a life remembered
By Gary Paulsen
Continues the adventures of Sarny, the slave girl Nightjohn taught to read, through the aftermath of the Civil War during which time she taught other Blacks and lived a full life until age ninety-f...
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