Gary Paulsen

Brian's Hunt
Laurel Leaf, October 2005
all ages, ISBN 978-0-553-49415-0

Two years after having survived a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, a sixteen-year-old returns to the wild to befriend a wounded dog and hunt a rogue bear.

How Angel Peterson Got His Name
Random House Children's Books, August 2004
ages 9-12, ISBN 978-0-440-22935-3

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.

The Glass Cafe
Random House Children's Books, November 2004
young adult, ISBN 978-0-440-23843-0

When twelve-year-old Tony, a talented artist, begins sketching the dancers at the Kitty Kat Club where his mother is an exotic dancer, it sparks the attention of social services.

Tuckets Travel's
Random House Children's Books, September 2003
ages 9-12, ISBN 978-0-440-41967-9

Fourteen-year-old Francis is heading west in a wagon train on the Oregon Trail when he?s kidnapped by Pawnees. His adventures during the two-year search for his family teach him how to live by the harsh code of the wilderness, and give readers an exciting panoramic vision of the West at a time of settlement and of war with Mexico.

Shelf Life: Stories by the Book
Simon & Schuster, August 2003
ages 12 and up, ISBN 978-0-689-84180-4

Ten short stories in which the lives of young people in different circumstances are changed by their encounters with books.

Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats
Random House Children's Books, October 2001
young adult, ISBN 978-0-385-90025-6

Gary Paulsen, author of Hatchet and other adventure novels, tells about his lifelong love of sailing, boats he has owned, and the storms, sharks, and peaceful lagoons he has experienced on his voyages.

Tucket's Gold
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, February 2001
ages 9-12, ISBN 978-0-440-41376-9

Fifteen-year-old Francis and the two children he has adopted travel across the Old West, evade Comancheros, discover a treasure, and wind up rich beyond their wildest dreams.

Guts: The True Stories behind "Hatchet" and the Brian Books
Delacorte Press, January 2001
young adult, ISBN 978-0-385-32650-6

The real events that inspired Gary Paulsen to write Brian Robeson's and in Hatchet, Brian's Winter, and Brian's Return.

Soldier's Heart
Random House Children's Books, September 2000
young adult, ISBN 978-0-440-22838-7

Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat.

Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, September 2000
young adult, ISBN 978-0-385-32647-6

The author recalls his experiences as a migrant larborer and carnival worker after he ran away from home at age sixteen.

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