Gary Paulsen

White Fox Chronicles
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, June 2000
ages 9-12, ISBN 978-0-385-32254-6

Having been imprisoned when the Confederation of Consolidated Republics, a foreign power, conquered Los Angeles in 2056, fourteen-year-old Cody escapes and endures hardship to become the underground hero the White Fox.

Sarny: A Life Remembered
Random House Children's Books, September 1999
young adult, ISBN 978-0-440-21973-6

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-four.

My Life in Dog Years
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, July 1999
ages 8-12, ISBN 978-0-440-41471-1

The author describes some of the dogs that have had special places in his life, including his first dog, Snowball, in the Philippines; Dirk, who protected him from bullies; and Cookie, who saved his life.

Hatchet
Simon & Schuster, July 1999
ages 10-12, ISBN 978-0-689-82699-3

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

Alida's Song
Bantam Doubleplay Dell Books, July 1999
ages 9-12, ISBN 978-0-385-32586-8

A fourteen-year-old boy who has been neglected by irresponsible parents spends a wonderful summer on a farm where his grandmother coos for two elderly brothers.

Canoe Days
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, April 1999
ages 5-8, ISBN 978-0-385-32524-0

A canoe ride on a northern lake during a summer day reveals the quiet beauty and wonder of nature in and around the peaceful water.

Brian's Return
Random House Children's Books, January 1999
ages 10-12, ISBN 978-0-440-41379-0

After having survived alone in the wilderness, Brian finds that he can no longer live in the city but must return to the place where he really belongs.

Transall Saga
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, June 1998
ages 12 and up, ISBN 978-0-385-32196-9

While backpacking in the desert, thirteen-year-old Mark falls into a tube of blue light and is transported into a more primitive world, where he must use his knowledge and skills to survive.

The Quilt
Random House Children's Books, March 1998
ages 9-11, ISBN 978-0-440-41147-5

During World War II, while his father is in Europe fighting and his mother is working in Chicago, a five-year-old boy goes to live with his grandmother in a rural Norwegian American community in Minnesota. Based on events from the author's life.

Curse of the Ruins
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, February 1998
ages 9-12, ISBN 978-0-440-41225-0

Katie, Sam, and their cousin Shala can't wait to get to San Marcos, New Mexico. There they are meeting Katie and Sam's dad, an anthropologist who's studying the ruins of the ancient cliff dwellers at El Debajo. But Dr. Crockett isn't there to meet them at the airport. Does Dr. Crockett have enemies who might have kidnapped him? Or is there really a curse on the ruins of El Dejabo?

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