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Gary Paulsen

Born

in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The United States

May 17, 1939

Died

October 13, 2021

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Outdoors & Nature

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Gary James Paulsen was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens. ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 634,716 ratings · 43,746 reviews · 352 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 407,454 ratings — published 1987 — 182 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brian's Winter (Brian's Saga, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 32,810 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The River (Brian's Saga, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 30,028 ratings — published 1991 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brian's Return (Brian's Saga, #4) 3.98 avg rating — 17,936 ratings — published 1999 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brian's Hunt (Brian's Saga, #5) 4.04 avg rating — 13,340 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod 4.29 avg rating — 8,063 ratings — published 1994 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woods Runner 3.85 avg rating — 8,900 ratings — published 2009 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lawn Boy 3.73 avg rating — 8,503 ratings — published 2007 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harris and Me 4.22 avg rating — 5,931 ratings — published 1993 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dogsong 3.68 avg rating — 6,588 ratings — published 1985 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Brian's Saga (5 books)
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3.82 avg rating — 506,048 ratings

Tales to Tickle the Funnybone (8 books)
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3.89 avg rating — 17,230 ratings

The Tucket Adventures (5 books)
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4.14 avg rating — 7,431 ratings

Sarny (2 books)
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Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)

3.87 avg rating — 6,550 ratings

Liar, Liar (5 books)
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3.69 avg rating — 3,827 ratings

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Quotes by Gary Paulsen (?)

“If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and smell and light and all the rest that can’t be in books.
The book needs you.”
― Gary Paulsen, The Winter Room

tags: books

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“I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.”
― Gary Paulsen, Shelf Life: Stories by the Book

tags: books, reading

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“I read like a wolf eats.
I read myself to sleep every night.”
― Gary Paulsen

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What Book Shall We Read in July?

I have chosen books that are getting a lot of attention and were published in March and April. Feel free to add books to the list, if they were published in March and April.

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Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt

14 votes 37.8%

Bless This Mouse by Lois Lowry

6 votes 16.2%

The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens

5 votes 13.5%

A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull

2 votes 5.4%

Liar, Liar: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Deception by Gary Paulsen

2 votes 5.4%

Emeral Atlas (write-in)

2 votes 5.4%

Okay for now

2 votes 5.4%

The Emerald Atlas (write-in)

2 votes 5.4%

Hurricane Dancers by Margarita Engle

1 vote 2.7%

Juniper Berry by M.P. Kozlowsky

1 vote 2.7%

The Trouble With Chickens by Doreen Cronin

0 votes 0.0%

Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney

0 votes 0.0%

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