Gary Paulsen (1939–2021)
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Gary Paulsen was born on May 17, 1939 in Minnesota. He was working as a satellite technician for an aerospace firm in California when he realized he wanted to be a writer. He left his job and spent the next year in Hollywood as a magazine proofreader. His first book, Special War, was published in mostrar más 1966. He has written more than 175 books for young adults including Brian's Winter, Winterkill, Harris and Me, Woodsong, Winterdance, The Transall Saga, Soldier's Heart, This Side of Wild, and Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books. Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room are Newbery Honor Books. He was the recipient of the 1997 Margaret A. Edwards Award for his lifetime achievement in writing for young adults. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Nota de desambiguación:
(eng) Gary Paulsen (1939-2021) was a popular writer of children's literature. He also wrote adult nonfiction (Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod).
Series
Obras de Gary Paulsen
The Glass Cafe: Or the Stripper and the State; How My Mother Started a War with the System That Made Us Kind of Rich… (2000) 88 copias
Complete Hatchet Set (Hatchet~The River~Brian's Winter~Brian's Return~Brian's Hunt) (1996) 16 copias
My Life in Dog Years: Fred 5 copias
Kevin Pack : 3 Book Pack By Gary Paulsen : Liar, Liar / Flat Broke / Crush (Kevin Trio) (2013) 4 copias
Storie 1 copia
Clabbard dirt, sweet grass 1 copia
Lied der Wildnis. ( Ab 12 J.) 1 copia
Lied der Wildnis. 1 copia
Perygl ar Afon Lloer 1 copia
Newbery Book Collection: A Gathering of Days, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Rabbit Hill, Hatchet, The… (2009) 1 copia
he Legend of Bass Reeves 1 copia
Allen in der Wildnis 1 copia
My Life Dog in Years 1 copia
℗L'℗inverno di Brian 1 copia
My Life In Dog Years Snowball 1 copia
Lawn Boy - 3 1 copia
The building a new, buying an old, remodeling a used, comprehensive home and shelter how-to-do-it book (1976) 1 copia
Books 1 copia
Lawn Boy - 1 1 copia
Lawn Boy - 2 1 copia
A Lesson plan book for Woodsong (Innovations, experiencing literature in the classroom) (1991) 1 copia
Masters Of Disaster (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) by Gary Paulsen (2011-08-09) (1621) 1 copia
Pied Piper 1 copia
Woodsong[WOODSONG][Paperback] 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Paulsen, Gary Melvin
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1939-05-17
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2021-10-13
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Tularosa, New Mexico
- Causa de fallecimiento
- cardiac arrest
- Lugares de residencia
- California, USA
Minnesota, USA
New Mexico, USA
Philippines - Ocupaciones
- children's book author
- Relaciones
- Paulsen, Ruth Wright (wife)
- Premios y honores
- Margaret A. Edwards Award (1997)
Regina Medal (1995) - Aviso de desambiguación
- Gary Paulsen (1939-2021) was a popular writer of children's literature. He also wrote adult nonfiction (Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod).
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Sonlight Books (2)
Books About Boys (1)
Ryan's Books (1)
Read in 1999 (1)
6th Grade (1)
Elementary Reads (1)
1980s (1)
Great Audiobooks (1)
Canada (1)
Newbery Adjacent (2)
Best Young Adult (2)
Page Turners (1)
KID BOOKS (1)
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 254
- También por
- 3
- Miembros
- 81,508
- Popularidad
- #149
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 1,845
- ISBNs
- 2,026
- Idiomas
- 10
- Favorito
- 50
This was the book that the Homeschool Book Group chose from the book tasting, so I'm re-reading it for the first time since grade school. The premise is as gripping as I remember - a great hook for book-talking - but the sentences are short, declarative, and repetitive, very "Hemingway for Kids." Still, it's a classic for a reason, and retains its appeal with that speculative, what-if-it-were-me aspect.
Questions for book group:
--What do you think of the narrative style (close third person; short, declarative sentences)? How does it help create the atmosphere/mood of the story?
--If you could choose 3-5 items to have with you in a survival scenario like Brian's, what do you think would be most important?
--What does Brian think is "the most important rule of survival"? Do you agree? What does he learn to prioritize?
--Brian relies on information he's learned from watching nature shows on TV. What knowledge do you have that would help you in a survival scenario, and where did you learn it?
--Brian muses about good luck and bad luck. Can you think of something that happened in the story that seemed like bad luck at first, but had a good result (or vice versa)? [e.g. when the tornado comes through, it ruins Brian's shelter but reveals the Cessna]
--The story ends somewhat abruptly, soon after Brian gets the survival pack out of the downed plane and turns on the transmitter. What did you think of the ending? Were you surprised that the pilot who rescues Brian said they had given up the search a month or two ago?
--For much of the story, Brian's thoughts are primarily focused on survival, with thoughts of his parents fading into the background. What do you think about "the Secret" that causes Brian to be so angry at his mother? Do you think Brian's father knows?
Quotes
If you keep walking back from good luck, he thought, you'll come to back luck. (40)
Here, at first, it was silent, or he thought it was silent, but when he started to listen, really listen, he heard thousands of things. (41)
And he was, at that moment, almost overcome with self-pity. He was dirty and starving and bitten and hurt and lonely and ugly and afraid and so completely miserable that it was like being in a pit, a dark, deep pit with no way out. (70)
...he learned the most important rule of survival, which was that feeling sorry for yourself didn't work. (82)
He had gotten depressed thinking about how they hadn't found him yet, and when he was busy and had something to do the depression seemed to leave. (104)
He was not the same. The plane passing changed him, the disappointment cut him down and made him new. He was not the same and would never be again like he had been. (123)
Patience, he thought. So much of this was patience - waiting and thinking and doing things right. So much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking. (145)
The rifle changed him, the minute he picked it up, and he wasn't sure that he liked the change very much. (186)
Up and down, he thought. The pack was wonderful but it gave him and up and down feelings. (187)
He had not moved. It had all happened so fast that he hadn't moved. He sat...staring at the plane, not quite understanding it yet; not quite knowing yet that it was over. (190)… (más)