Gone to the woods : surviving a lost childhood / Gary Paulsen ; [pictures, Anna and Varvara Kendel].
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 357 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780374314156
- 0374314152
- Surviving a lost childhood
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Biography | PAULSEN, G. P332 | Available | 33111010581235 | ||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Biography | PAULSEN, G. P332 | Available | 33111010518708 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A mesmerizing memoir from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen--whose books have sold over 35 million copies worldwide--giving readers a new perspective on the origins of his blockbuster contemporary classic Hatchet and other famed survival stories.
"Leaves you gritting your teeth and clutching the pages . . . Haunted me as a reader." -- The New York Times Book Review
★ "This literary treasure is written for book lovers of any age." -- Shelf Awareness , starred review
His name is synonymous with high-stakes wilderness survival adventures. Now, beloved author Gary Paulsen portrays a series of life-altering moments from his turbulent childhood as his own original survival story. If not for his summer escape from a shockingly neglectful Chicago upbringing to a North Woods homestead at age five, there never would have been a Hatchet. Without the encouragement of the librarian who handed him his first book at age thirteen, he may never have become a reader. And without his desperate teenage enlistment in the Army, he would not have discovered his true calling as a storyteller.
An entrancing and critically lauded account of grit and growing up, perfect for newcomers and lifelong fans alike, Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood is literary legend Gary Paulsen at his rawest and most real.
Don't miss Gary Paulsen's other acclaimed books from Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers: the father-son comedy How to Train Your Dad and the page-turning survival adventure Northwind .
The farm -- The river -- The ship -- Thirteen -- Soldier.
Born into the middle of World War II, Gary Paulsen's turbulent childhood provided plenty of subject matter for his bestselling novels, and the librarians in his life gave him the inspiration and support to explore the world through books. As a soldier himself, his storytelling technique developed, and for the first time he shares his own.