The Cookcamp
The Cookcamp

Author: Gary Paulsen

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2014-06-24

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 0545748259

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Told through the eyes of a 5-year-old boy, this is a story of adventure and discovery in a cookcamp located in the Canadian woods during World War II.When?: World War IIWhere?: A cookcamp in the Canadian woodsWhy?: He's not really sure. One summer, a 5-year-old boy goes to live with his grandmother in a cookcamp. The camp is home to 9 men who are building a road through the woods. The boy misses his mother, but at the same time the camp becomes home--a special home where he learns to spit and rides the tractor. It's a wonderful summer, but then he lets slip to his grandmother about "Uncle Casey" and she writes seven letters to his mother. Seven letters that she mails "good and hard." A short while later, the boy returns home.

Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen

Author: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2018-08-03

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1476631859

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McFarland Companions to Young Adult Literature American novelist Gary Paulsen is best known for his young adult fiction, including bestsellers Nightjohn, Soldier's Heart, and Woods Runner. From his trenchant prose in The Rifle and The Foxman to the witty escapades of Harris and Me and Zero to Sixty, Paulsen crafts stories with impressive range. The tender scenes in The Quilt and A Christmas Sonata speak to his empathy for children, with characters who endure the same hardships that marred his own early life. This literary companion introduces readers to his life and work. A-to-Z entries explore themes such as alcoholism, coming of age, slavery, survival, and war. A glossary defines terms unique to his work. Appendices provide related historical references, writing, art, and research topics.

The Quilt
The Quilt

Author: Gary Paulsen

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2005-10-11

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0440229367

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1944. Wartime. A six-year-old boy goes to spend the summer with his grandmother Alida in a small town near the Canadian border. With the men all gone off to fight, the women are left to run the farms. There’s plenty for the boy to do—trying to help with the chores, getting to know the dog, and the horses, cows, pigs, and chickens. But when his cousin Kristina goes into labor, he can’t do a thing. Instead, the house fills with women come to help and to wait, and to work on a quilt together. This is no common, everyday quilt, but one that contains all the stories of the boy’s family. The quilt tells the truth, past and future: of happiness, courage, and pain; of the greatest joy, and the greatest loss. And as they wait, the women share these memorable stories with the boy.

Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen

Author: Denis E. McGuinness

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2015-12-15

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1499462697

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Much of Gary Paulsen’s life has been lived close to the natural world. A three-time Newbery Honor winner, Paulsen writes adventure stories, such as Dogsong, Hatchet, and Woods Runner, where his young main characters struggle to survive in the natural world. Other stories touch on family visits to Minnesota, as in The Winter Room and Harris and Me, or science fiction, as in Time Hackers. Recently, Paulsen and his son, Jim, collaborated on two books involving a boy, his father, and their dogs. In 1997, Paulsen won the Margaret A. Edwards Award for his lifetime contribution to young adult literature.

Around the World with Historical Fiction and Folktales
Around the World with Historical Fiction and Folktales

Author: Beth Bartleson Zarian

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9780810848160

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Whether two teachers are covering the same topic in separate classes, or designing a thematic unit with the school librarian, this handy guide to nearly 800 award-winning historical fiction for Kindergarten through 8th grade will assist all parties in the selection of high quality literature.

Gateway to Reading
Gateway to Reading

Author: Nancy J. Polette

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2013-04-08

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1610694244

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Get young readers hooked on some of the best titles in juvenile literature, ranging from humor to mystery to fantasy, with unusual and effective methods like games. Getting students to want to read is one of the greatest challenges facing middle school teachers and librarians. Determining which are the "right books" that can spark a child's mental awakening is also difficult. This book from prolific author Nancy Polette furnishes interesting and fun games to pique students' interest in junior novels that are worth reading—carefully selected titles that will contribute to their educational and emotional growth. Gateway to Reading: 250+ Author Games and Booktalks to Motivate Middle Readers is a powerful tool for luring middle-school students away from the distractions of 21st-century media and introducing them to junior or 'tween novels that they won't be able to put down. By presenting children with a challenge to engage their minds—racing to decode book titles, or using their creativity to come up with titles of their own, for example—students are naturally drawn towards reading these books from well-known children's authors.

The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors
The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors

Author: Bernard A. Drew

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1997-10-15

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 031307819X

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The book focuses on individuals writing in the '90s, but also includes 12 classic authors (e.g., Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, J.R.R. Tolkien) who are still widely read by teens. It also covers some authors known primarily for adult literature (e.g., Stephen King) and some who write mainly for middle readers but are also popular among young adults (e.g., Betsy Byars). An affordable alternative to multivolume publications, this book makes a great collection development tool and resource for author studies. It will also help readers find other books by and about their favorite writers.

Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen

Author: JoAnn Early Macken

Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780766027213

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Describes the life and accomplishments of the author known for his tales of adventure and survival, including "Hatchet" and "Dogsong."

Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen

Author: Sue Corbett

Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1608709345

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Gary Paulsen is an American writer of young adult literature who has won the Margaret Edwards Award for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens. A prolific writer, he is the celebrated author of more than 200 books. This thoughtful biography exposes his early encouragements through interviews with the author and his family. Readers are given a peak into his professional influences while his greatest artistic inspirations are revealed.