Author

Gary Paulsen

3 books Grades 5–12

About

Gary Paulsen was an outdoorsman who ran the Iditarod sled dog race twice, and his own adventures shaped his survival stories. Hatchet, about a boy who survives alone in the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash, is one of three of his books to be named a Newbery Honor book. His stories are gripping, especially for readers who love the outdoors.

Books by Gary Paulsen

  • Brian’s Hunt

    Grades 6–8 GRL S 3 AR pts

    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. The plot contains violence.

  • Hatchet

    Grades 5–12 GRL R 7 AR pts

    Brian's on his way to visit his father in Canada when the pilot of the small airplane he's in has a heart attack. Brian spends 54 days out in the Canadian wilderness…

  • The Voyage of the Frog

    Grades 8–12 GRL S 5 AR pts

    David thought he was alone, that the ocean around him was all there was of the world. The wind screamed, the waves towered, and his boat, the twenty-two foot fiberglass FROG, skidded…