In this collection of stories that reveal the strength and frailty of the human spirit, the award-winning author offers up the subject of human vulnerability with a spareness of language and an intensity of emotion that are the hallmarks of his fiction.
When David's uncle Owen died, he left David his sailing boat "The Frog". Owen's last wish was that David should take his ashes and scatter them in the Pacific. This David had done - but he didn't see the storm coming and adrift after the storm he wasn't prepared for the sharks or the killer whales.
When John is asked to spend the summer alone up in the haymeadow, everything changes. Alone, that is, except for the 6000 sheep in his care, two horses, four dogs, a visiting grizzly bear and a pack of coyotes.
An adventure of two boys separated by many decades, facing the challenges by which they will come of age. Coyote Runs, an Apache boy, takes part in his first raid and dies; over 100 years later 15-year-old Brennan becomes obsessed with a skull pierced by a bullet. It is the skull of an Apache boy.
Terry journeys across the freeways of America in his precious, red Blakely Bearcat kit car, to find his barely-remembered uncle. The journey leads to an extraordinary friendship with two ex-Vietnam vets (and a Harley called "Baby") with an appetite for adventure and hunger for knowledge.
The sequel to "Nightjohn". Sarny has grown since the days of her lessons with Nightjohn, and she knows more than her "master", Old Weller, wants her to know - and knowledge can be a dangerous thing. But, as slavery crumbles, Sarny embarks upon a search for her family, and the walk towards freedom.
The semi-autobiographical story of a special friendship concerning two boys who gravitated together because they were oddballs. Harold Schernoff was no ordinary friend. Whether he was researching the science of kissing or the art of frog-collecting, he tested life and his friend to their limits.
When Carl visits his relatives he learns how to hunt, trap, and fend for himself in the freezing northern woods. He also meets the badly mutilated Foxman, who is hiding in a remote cabin. The Foxman has so little, yet it is he who teaches Carl the horror of war - and the meaning of friendship.
Daniel's mum has saved up to send him to summer camp, but he's not looking forward to being stuck in a truck with three rich kid bullies all the way there. When the truck crashes into a lethal, surging river, Daniel could save himself, or risk everything to save the other kids too.
Justin McCallister lives with his uncle and aunt on a sheep ranch. Life's great, except for one thing - a great, big, ferocious grizzly bear. And the bear is terrorising the whole area. When it kills Justin's pet lamb, he knows he's got to stop the creature.
Rick, JD and Spud know they're the best - they're the Rock Jockeys, top climbers. And they're heading for Devil's Wall, the most challenging mountain around. But this is a climb to hell and back. Rick's about to learn how far some people will go when it's a question of life or death.
Jesse Rodriguez is nuts about parachuting. He helps out at a local skydiving club every weekend. But there's something strange about pilot Pete's mysterious flights to South America. And when he gets too close to the truth, Jesse has to jump for his life - and this is the scariest freefall ever.
Rodomonte's Revenge is more than a video game. It was invented by computers - computers who want to live. And when Brett and Tom get caught in the video trap, they've got to beat the game itself to get out. Virtual reality has become terrifyingly real...
Jim has just moved to a new town, with strange new neighbours. Then his own family begins to change - no-one wears jeans, his mother's smile is too perfect, and Jim's past seems to fade. Then he realises that this is Project Perfect World and he must be saved from perfection!
A collection of tales about canines the author has known. The dogs featured include: Snowball, the puppy who was his constant childhood friend; Ike, the hunting dog who appeared from nowhere and vanished just as strangely; and Caesar, the crazy Great Dane with a passion for hot dogs.
When 13-year-old Brian's plane crashlands in the Canadian wilderness only his survival skills and his trusty hatchet enable him to survive. Two years on, Brian is back in the city, and hating it. He has to obey the call to return to the woods. The fourth and final part in the series.
On a moonlit winter night, a team of dogs pulls a sled, taking the narrator and readers on a wondrous ride through the snow, into and out of the woods. It is a ride you'll wish would never end.Through this exquisite prose poem, Gary Paulsen shares the joy, the beauty, and the grandeur of the outdoors. With his joyous text and Ruth Wright Paulsen's exuberant and expressive illustrations, Dogteam is a celebration of nature, a dance that invites everyone to join in.
Opening this book is like sitting down in a canoe, taking up a paddle, and gliding out into the summer beauty of a hidden lake. In this picture book that is as refreshing and inviting as a perfect canoe day, a fawn peeks out from the trees as ducklings fan out behind their mother. Butterflies pause and fish laze beneath the lily pads. Ruth Wright Paulsen s sunlit paintings and Gary Paulsen s poetic text capture all the peace and pleasure of a day when water and sky are one."
