Gone to the woods: surviving a lost childhood

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 develop...

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Main Author: Paulsen, Gary 1939-2021 (Author)
Other Authors: Kendel, Anna (Illustrator), Kendel, Varvara (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Farrar Straus & Giroux 2021
Edition:First edition
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Summary: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
Publisher Annotation: "His name is synonymous with high-stakes wilderness survival stories. 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"
Physical Description:357 pages illustrations 23 cm
Audience:Ages: 10-14
Grades: 5-9
Lexile: 1030L.
ISBN:9780374314156
0374314152

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