Gary Paulsen Books

Owning Sibs and other breeds over the years I laughed till I had tears reading about Caesar. What a great read. Not that I recommend it for the bathroom reading but that is the only place my hubby will read. I walked past the door one day and he was laughing hysterically. I just knocked on the dog and asked "Caesar?" He replied "Lived that one before!"
After having lived with so many characters over the years it is easy to see that they really are true stories. If you have a dog lover in your life this should be in their stocking.
-S
Redwood Siberians

Book arrived promptly and in the condition as advtised, actually it was better than I expected.

A good book for people of all ages who love dogs. Although, like many of Gary Paulsen's books it is geared toward teens, this is a quick read for anyone. Laughs and tears throughout!

Reading this book, My Life in Dog Years was an OK book. You read all the different dogs' stories. What every dog's personality is, and what the dog does with him. Some stories are very interesting. It is an easy book to read. If you like reading about dogs, this book has all kinds of good stories.

My Life in Dog Years, written by Gary Paulsen was one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. Gary Paulsen has an extremely different way of writing from other authors. I have read a couple of his other books. This was probably not his best, but it was well written. I would highly recommend it for any dog lover.

What an amazing book! While it is certainly more aimed towards fans of Gary Paulsen's fiction and outdoor enthusiasts, I am quite sure it will be appreciated by them. Paulsen, who has lived a more exciting life than I can ever hope to live, gets matter-of-fact about personal situations that inspired the Brian books. The stories are quick and dirty, based more upon observation and experience than emotion--which some people might not like, but I was all right with it. His writing is very personable, making each story sound as if he is telling it to the reader in person, and he is always sure to drop in some hard-won knowledge. It's a quick read, but very exciting and fun.

Reviewed by Gregory III Jr.

In my personal opinion, I would give, Guts, by Gary Paulsen a 10 out of 10. The reason I think this is that Gary thoroughly explains the events that happen in the Hatchet series, which were based upon his real life experiences. Gary tells about his encounters with moose and how he survived by using certain methods to get the moose to go away. Gary also explains how when you're in the wilderness, you have to do everything to survive. He tells about how mostly everything in an animal can be used for food, including the brain and heart, and digestive organs. He also says how even the weirdest things, like turtle eggs, can be edible too. He also tells the tales of near disasters. Which, he puts into the Brian series, but more severe. And, He even gives recipes for cooking meat and other food when in the wilderness with no tools or modern cooking technology. Everything in this book is about Gary's life and what he did to get through what happened. This book is great book just to read for excitement, or if you want some tips for going into the wild, or even just going camping. So, in conclusion, this book is appropriate for all readers and great for anyone interested in the great outdoors.

Gary Paulsen is a really great writer of young adult books. His style is easy to read, and he makes the most outrageous situations sound like they are completely normal. This book is autobiographical; it describes times in his life when he had a close relationship with the wilderness, and he explains how these experiences allowed him to write his books, especially "Hatchet." It was interesting to read how he worked the details of the things that happened in his life into the lives of his characters. Parts of this book scared me, amazed me, and made me laugh out loud. It's incredible, after all he has been through, that the man is still alive.

Guts

Author: Gary Paulsen
Book review by Nate Scanlon

In Guts Gary Paulsen shares experiences from his own life. He has worked as an emergency worker where he helped people in plane crashes. On one of his adventures he came face to face with a moose. Paulsen used these experiences to write his books Hatchet and the other Brian books.

A marsh is where the story takes place in Guts. Brian had a lot of frustration trying to figure out how to find food. He wants to find a place to live to keep him safe from all the danger.

Brian is a smart and very confident kid. He is confident because he was confident about making it home. And he is smart because he built a fire.

The theme of this story is survival and self- Confidence. Brian has a lot of problems trying to find food and safe water. Some of the things Brian had to eat are things I would never want to eat. Brian also had to find shelter and wood to build a fire. He had to learn to live off the land too.

I think Gary Paulsen has had some pretty cool adventures. Some of the things he had to do were gross. If you have read Hatchet and the other Brian books you will like Guts.

Would you like to know how to make your own bow and arrows? Or see how mean moose really are? Guts will show you. Gary Paulsen has written several books on survival, but guts is all about him. In the book, he also writes a little about his own life in the army, riding in planes, driving an ambulance, and dogsledding.
I would personally recommend this book to anyone who likes the outdoors. If hunting, fishing, backpacking, canoeing or anything around that area is a hobby of yours, buy or rent Guts or any Gary Paulsen book. Women might like it too!
This book shows when he was a teen he made his own bow and arrows. Bows and arrows are as quite as a breeze. His first firearm was a .22 caliber bolt action Remington rifle. It was his first gun. He kept that gun for a longtime. He shot quail, pheasant and much other small game with this gun and his other weapons. He then grew up to be an ambulance driver, be in the army, and in a dogsled team.
This book is a fiction book. Guts was published by Dell Laurel-leaf. The books copyright is in 2001. Guts has 148 pages. These stories inspired his other books.

Through Gary Paulsen's series about Brian I have a student who now wants to read for the sheer pleasure of reading. I started him on Hatchet and he is now in Brian's Hunt. He says that each book is better than the last.

Have you ever wanted to do something but you're too young? Brian's Hunt is about a fourteen year old boy who wants to hunt but he's too young. So he pretends too be a lot older. He chooses to take the hard rough life in the wild wilderness with his friends Randle and Mike. My favorite part is when he got attacked by a bear, but Randle and Mike saved him. I give it four and a half stars. I would say that anyone who likes adventure would like this book.

Brian's Hunt is going to blow your mind. Brian finds a dog and also a perfect eye for hunting. The Cree say Brian has a special eye that makes his aim fantastic. My favorite part is when the girl and the two tiny boys got lost in the wilderness and Brian finds them. If you like adventure you will get lost in the wilderness of this book.

Brian's Hunt
By
Gary Paulsen


"He was in his world again. He was back." (pg. 1) Brian was back in the wild, and that is where he felt most at home. T.V., computers, radios - Brian hated technology. Brian was different from most people, and beloved that life should be lived simply. In this fictional novel, Brian travels from his hometown to Arrowhead lake (in Seattle, Washington). School is over, and Brian quickly packs his supplies for his wilderness adventure. Everything is perfect, he's alone and staring into the beautiful night sky as he falls asleep in his canoe. Brian is awakened by the whimpering of a badly injured dog. Brian's perfect trip turns out very bad, as he follows the dog back to where he came from. He finds a campsite with two people murdered. Because Brian is a tracker he quickly realizes that one person (their child) has escaped. Who could have done this? How could the everyday violence invade his world? Brian puts his expert tracking skills to use (and with the help of his new friend - the dog) soon realizes that a bear is responsible for the murders. As Brian confronts the bear, he gets knocked unconscious. When Brian wakes up - he is saved by the very dog that he helped out. Brian understands that you can't do it all alone, sometimes you need some help.
I loved this book, and couldn't wait to begin each chapter. I enjoyed the authors style of writing, it was very descriptive and simple: "He way close in on the lily pads and something moved suddenly in the brush just up the back, rusting through the thick, green foliage, and though it sounded big and made a lot of noise he know it was probable a squirrel or eve a mouse." ( pg. 3)

Minnesota-native Gary Paulsen has been one of my favorite middle-grade and YA authors for years. I can't really remember which of his books I first read, but he's written a lot of awfully good ones. His characters are always understandable, real, and - mostly - tied to nature in some ways.

His most iconic figure is Brian Robeson, the star of HATCHET. In that book, Brian was a city kid who ended up crashing into the brush when the pilot of the plane he was in had a heart attack and died suddenly. With only a hatchet - no matches, no sleeping bag, and no supplies, Brian taught himself how to live in the wilderness. His personal growth spread over 54 days, and the book become one of the best-received middle-grade novels ever. If you haven't read it, or your child hasn't read it, you should.

BRIAN'S HUNT is the newest book in the five-volume series. Brian is 16 at the time of this novel, and he's become more certain of himself. He's out on the lakes in Canada, taking his time to get to the Cree American Indian tribe he became friends with during the course of his adventures. He's very much a loner, and has even talked his parents and school into letting him try his hand at home schooling himself.

Paulsen's attention to detail and the ways of nature may prove slow-going to most of today's young readers (unless they're already in love with the series), but you can feel the love the author has for such things. I learned a lot about fishing and hunting during the course of the book, though I intend to do neither, and I could tell my ten year old was filing away details while I read the novel to him.

However, Paulsen always delivers on the action in one of his books, and BRIAN'S HUNT is no exception. Before long, Brian wakes up to find a wounded dog looking for food and for help. Brian gives both, though those scenes are somewhat intense and carry a gross-out factor with them. The scenes are realistic, though, and very well written.

As Brian puts the puzzle of the dog's mysterious wounds together with her behavior as he hunts, it doesn't take him long to realize that the dog was mauled by a bear. Once that discovery is made, Brian learns bad news that sets him into the woods after the bear.

The details of how Brian tracks the bear, the skills and the observation necessary, are great. My son and I stayed glued to the pages, though we couldn't help taking a break every now and again to discuss some facet of hunting lore we hadn't been aware of. Although the material is mature, it's written on a level kids can easily understand it, and it's very honest. But if you have a youngster and you're thinking about letting him or her read this one, you might want to read it yourself first to make sure it meets with your approval and that it won't panic or bother your child.

I'm a big fan of Gary Paulsen's, and this book really hit the spot. At 99 pages long, it's a quick, intense read. Although Paulsen said he'd ended the Hatchet adventures after the publication of the last book, I can't help but be hopeful there will be more. Brian is starting to get interested in a girl, and I want to see how that works out for him.

This is a powerful tale of survival of the fittest in the Alaskan Wilderness. It's the story of Buck, a large St. Bernard/Collie kidnapped (or dognapped) for the Klondike Alaska Gold Rush of 1897. Mistreated and passed between human owners, Buck quickly learns to survive by stealing food, and fighting for leadership of the hounds pulling the dogsled. Buck happily comes under the ownerships of kindly John Thornton, but turns savagely vengeful after Thornton is killed. Later, he joins a wolf pack in the wild. This story is told from Buck's point of view, and the descriptions of a frigid, unforgiving wilderness inspire many readers. Others are moved by the author's take on the dark side of human nature and the Darwinian struggle to survive.

Author Jack London (1876-1916) knew of the stark wilderness from his participation in the 1897 Gold Rush. Readers might also like his other writings like SEA WOLF and WHITE FANG.

Perhaps Jack London's most famous (and shortest) novel, THE CALL OF THE WILD is an undeniably powerful book. Its reputation as a children's book is unfortunate, as this one has something to offer readers of all ages. It is more than the simple-seeming story of a dog taken from civilization and thrust into a harsh and brutal environment, where he is forced to thrive or die, kill or be killed. It is also a story of making the best of the worst, persevering against overwhelming obstacles, living up to ones potential, and reclaiming lost heritage. The emergence of Buck's instinctual fire for life and the almost ghostly visitations from his ancestors is really a joy to read. London's ability to draw you into his stories is also much in evidence here. Even though Buck is a dog, London is able to make him into one of the most intimately knowable and lovable characters in fiction, a remarkable feat when considering the brevity of the novel. Additionally, the sometimes extreme brutality of Buck's surroundings, and the graphic nature in which London describes it, certainly indicates that children were not the intended audience for this piece.

Buck's journey in the North and his transformation into the powerful adept of the Fang and the Club makes up a tale that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to readers of any age or experience. London's message is more than the straight forward story that it usually gets credit for. If you haven't yet read it, or haven't since your childhood, pick this one up for a few hours of enjoyable reading.

I first read this book in junior high, and when I read it again the brutality of this book made me realize how cruel life can be. I had forgotten much of it and I was somewhat surprised how cruel this book was. Jack London uses human emotions and characteristics as he writes of Buck, the loyal, strong dog that goes from a passive life in Cailfornia to the barreness of the Alaska gold rush.

London's human characters are merely role players, cameos if you will, while the animals undergo a reverse evolutionary process from tranquil to ferocious beasts of the wild. In the end, the civilized dog, Buck, takes his rightful place at the head of a pack of wild wolves. Whether this is believable or not remains to the reader to decide, but London writes artfully and conviningly about his subject.

London lived part of what he wrote about, so the fact of the gold rush towns and personalities are true, but his dogs achieve a superior role that may or may not be really possible. Nevertheless, this truly is a gripping story and, while it is aimed at a male audience, any reader who enjoys this type of book will be rewarded with a good story.

In the book, The Call Of the Wild, by Jack London, an abused dog named Buck is stolen by an evil groundskeeper named Manuel. After many struggles and challenges he is sent north to Canada were he peruses the role as a sled dog. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a good dog story.
This book was one of the best books I have ever read and held it reputation throughout the whole thing. The main Theme of the book was to inform people that if you ever have problems or challenges in your life, stay strong and overcome them. This book also helped alert people that dogs are being abused everywhere and that they are living things just like us.
Buck goes through many owners, one selling him to the next and so on so forth. The new owner hurts and pushing him more then the one before. When Buck gets to his final owner, John Thornton loves Buck just as much as buck loves him. This really shows because when Buck hears the call of the wild he feels the temptation to run off and chase it, but he resists the erg simply for the love of a man. One of Bucks former owners had a very fun accent witch made the book way more fun and interesting.
In conclusion this was a great and interesting book with believable characters and a terrific story line. I would surely recommend this book to any reader of any age looking for a satisfactory book.

Jack London (1876-1916)was a man of the outdoors who wrote best about nature tooth and claw. In his great novel "The Call of the Wild" he tells one of the greatest dog stories ever written.
Buck is a dog living on the California ranch of Judge Miller. He is kidnapped and shipped to the gold fields of Alaska in the 1890's. Buck was placed in a cage and beaten with savagery by a man in a red shirt in Seattle. Buck was sold to two French fur traders; fought and won a horrific battle to the death with their lead sled dog Spitz and sold to a Scottish half breed. Buck almost dies as he and the team have to travel near the Arctic Circle and Canada for over 3000 miles. The dogs are ill kept being cold, hungry and abused. Later Buck is sold to two brothers and a woman who do not know how to survive in the wild. They too abuse Buck.
Buck is rescued when he stumbles into the cabin of the kindly John Thornton who restores him to health. Thornton is killed by Indians so Buck returns to the wild where he roams freely. Buck is a strong, independent dog who learns that only the strong survive in a cruel environment.
Jack London penned the novel in 1903. He believed that in the world only those who are tough can survive against enemies. London's world is a harsh, cruel place. The story of Buck and later White Fang in another novel remind us of how difficult life can be in a merciless and hellish setting. The book also reminds us of the need to be kind to animals.

The book I read was Mr. Tucket the author is Gary Paulsen, the publishing date is 1994. I rate this book a 10 because, it always kept you wondering, and it kept getting better and better. It was also good because, this guy in the middle of the book came and rescued Mr.Tucket. Then the chapter ended right at a great part so I wanted to keep reading it.

Mr. Tuckett
What I liked about this book is that it was full of action. What I did not like about this book is I would have liked to see if he makes it back to his family and who died in his wagon train. I think this book is good for ages 8 and up because there is a little violence. I give this book a 5 out of 5 stars.

I thought that this was a great book. It was full of adventure and always kept me coming back for more when I closed the book. If you ever get a chance to read this book, do it, you will be glad you did.It's a nail-bitting book with new suprises around every corner!Hope you enjoy the book!

The book is about a kid named Tucket. It takes place on a wagon train to California. For his birthday he is always moving to another place in the world. But this year they are going to California. But the next day it Tucket's Birthday so his mom made him a cake. Then he went to his dad out side the wagon train were he was controlling the horses. His dad got out a bra new shotgun made his size and had Tucket carved into the butt of the shotgun. His dad said he could try it out. So Tucket got out of the wagon train and loaded the gun. Boom!!!! The bullet hit a buffalo chip. Then a pack of Indians came and took him to the tribe. He tried to escape but they said, "If you try to escape we will cut of your hands. Then that night a guy on a hors with one arm said, "Come with me we are going to leave this place. So they left and escape.


When I read this book I gave it a 5 star. It was exciting and it was a cool adventure book.
I did not like how the Indians said, "I'll cut your arms off if you try to escape. But it was still really good. I loved how it was like an adventure and how he escapes. But the really cool part was when the guy shot his gun but he only had one arm. But he was really good.

This is a great book for younmg readers. I teach special education in a junior high setting. My relunctant readers LOVE this book and the others in the series.

Gary Paulsen the white fox chronicles (escape)

There are two main characters in the story Tony and Cody aka white fox. Cody is a 15 year old boy that was captured by the CCRS. Tony is a pilot that was shot down then captured by the CCRS. The plot of the story is that Cody must break out and go with Tony to the rebel base hidden in mountains with info on the CCRS base so the rebels can attack it. The setting of the story is in the future in the year 2049 when a group called the CCRS takes over the world. When they took over the world they launched missiles all over the USA. Many people died and the armed forces taken over. The ones that where left are the rebels they are made up mostly of what is left of the armed forces. They are all over the world trying to take back the USA. The theme of the story is future, war, and action. I liked this story because it never got boring and was always filled with action and you want to keep reading to find out what happens next. There are also two other books that go along with it Return and Breakout

Gary Paulsen the white fox chronicles (escape)

There are two main characters in the story Tony and Cody aka white fox. Cody is a 15 year old boy that was captured by the CCRS. Tony is a pilot that was shot down then captured by the CCRS. The plot of the story is that Cody must break out and go with Tony to the rebel base hidden in mountains with info on the CCRS base so the rebels can attack it. The setting of the story is in the future in the year 2049 when a group called the CCRS takes over the world. When they took over the world they launched missiles all over the USA. Many people died and the armed forces taken over. The ones that where left are the rebels they are made up mostly of what is left of the armed forces. They are all over the world trying to take back the USA. The theme of the story is future, war, and action. I liked this story because it never got boring and was always filled with action and you want to keep reading to find out what happens next. There are also two other books that go along with it Return and Breakout

The book that I read was The White Fox Chronicles written by Gary Paulsen. This book s about a 14 year old boy named John that got caught by the CCR (a government that is taking over the United States that is very cruel) and got sent to a big prison camp where he stays for four years. He finally plans to escape with his friend Jason. They did get outside the gates but that's when Jason got shot and died but John kept running and he got away. Now he has joined with the Americans that are left to destroy the CCR. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes action books that you can't put down. I liked this book because I like action books and I really like Gary Paulsen's style of writing. The only part of this book that I disliked was the beginning because it started really slow.

The Chronicles of White Fox
By Gary Paulsen

The novel, the Chronicles of White Fox by Gary Paulsen, takes place in 2098 when the USA has been taken over a foreign country. They own 75% of the USA, mostly by the west coast. White Fox is in a militia camp captured by the enemy. He is the trusted man but in secret he is creating an escape plan for him and one other person. So one day a US pilot is captured and she was tortured of the information she holds. White Fox Plans to Escape. Will he?

When I was looking on the shelf this book caught my eye. After reading the introduction, I thought of reading this book. This book is in a series of three books all three are very good. I liked that the suspense doesn't end from when he escapes the base to the end. I did not like how each book he ends you on a bed. I would recommend this book to a person who likes suspense and likes adventures books.

In this novel White Fox Chronicles you are introduced to Cody and learn his nickname is the White Fox why? Well he has white hair like a fox. He also has the ability to learn very quickly. So he is stuck in this prison for kids who are American. Sort of like a Prison or a jail which is the same thing. The guards poison their minds thinking that the Americans rebels have no weapons like they only have sticks and stones. So Luther, an adult he and Cody want to break out. How? Well Luther works by digging cesspools. Now little do the Guards Know that Luther makes holes near the barb wire so that they can go in the cesspool and escape. Cody wants to break out with a prisoner of war, a rebel major, who Cody thinks can help him escape to a rebel base but at a cost Luther Gets shot. Do they get to the base or do the enemies catch him? Find out By reading the book like any body else!
Now my opinion of this book well...... It's GREAT!! If you're a Gary Paulsen fan and or enjoy Action, Get this book. This book is the best book I ever read. Since its 281 pages it is long, but don't worry you finish the book quickly since the book is so good and thrilling. Most action books start out with a slow start but this book starts strong and ends strong!

Kris Saber
Mrs.Raniere
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The Haymeadow by Gary Paulsen was a very intriguing book. It is a story of an adventurous fourteen-year-old boy. John Barron has always wished to please his father. With the long-haul to the haymeadow coming soon, John will get a chance to prove to his father that he is a responsible young adult. Although John didn't want to stay in the haymeadow for the whole summer and watch six thousand sheep, he will struggle through the troubles and make his father proud. While John was at the haymeadow, he came across many dilemmas. He struggled with bears, snakes, skunks, storms, and much more. John relies on his own resources while he was there. He does have a few resources from home such as, a rifle, a wagon, horses, sheep dogs, and plenty of food. This voyage helps John to figure out about his past ancestors that took the cattle to the haymeadow. This is a very worth while and inspirational book.

John Barrow like his father and grandfather before him, is asked to spend the summer taking care of sheep in the hay meadow. He will take care of six thousand sheep. John will be alone except for two horses, four dogs, the sheep, and the wild animals. As a result of the coyote and bear attacks, several sheep were left dead. John and his dog Peg were left severely injured. There was also a flash flood that John barely survived and which destroyed his camp. So if you like books about people getting stranded and about life on the open range then this is the perfect book for you.


There are many similarities between the book and my life. I was born and raised on a farm and had my farm taken away from my family like John did . That is how my life is similar to the book.

John Barrow like his father and grandfather before him, is asked to spend the summer taking care of sheep in the hay meadow. He will take care of six thousand sheep. John will be alone except for two horses, four dogs, the sheep, and the wild animals. As a result of the coyote and bear attacks, several sheep were left dead. John and his dog Peg were left severely injured. There was also a flash flood that John barely survived and which destroyed his camp. So if you like books about people getting stranded and about life on the open range then this is the perfect book for you.


There are many similarities between the book and my life. I was born and raised on a farm and had my farm taken away from my family like John did . That is how my life is similar to the book.

Gary is a fifteen year old boy growing up on s ranch. He is a tall thin young man with thick lomg black hair.It is the begining of spring when a friend named Tink and also a worker of his father grows ill from cancer,just before the sheep drive.Whie his father is taking care of Tink he has to do the drive, he will be alone in the Haymeadow for the next 3 months.The Theme is a young man growing up and begining to finally doing man things.The Haymeadow is up in the moutains were his family once use to own that area.
I love and adore storys that have to do with nature and the willderness.That is why i loved this story.

Gary is a fifteen year old boy growing up on s ranch. He is a tall thin young man with thick lomg black hair.It is the begining of spring when a friend named Tink and also a worker of his father grows ill from cancer,just before the sheep drive.Whie his father is taking care of Tink he has to do the drive, he will be alone in the Haymeadow for the next 3 months.The Theme is a young man growing up and begining to finally doing man things.The Haymeadow is up in the moutains were his family once use to own that area.
I love and adore storys that have to do with nature and the willderness.That is why i loved this story.

I think this book is a good book because he has to go to his grama's house and her grama is very nice. she cooks him apple pie and she lets them go work with the guys. and he can drive the big truck and all the guys want him to go with them. and the boy has a really good time with the men.....

"The Cookcamp" was a heart-warming story about a boy being sent to the home of his grandma, who he never met before in his life and his crazy mother just went and sent him there anyway without saying anything to the boy. When he arrives, he feels like his mother just dissed him like he was nothing. So after a few weeks of spending time with his Grandma, he felt like he was more than something! Then all of a sudden, his mother wanted him back. Then he go back home, the place he didn't like to go to. So that's what his forgetful mother does to him and that shows HOW MUCH SHE LOVES HER ONLY CHILD(HER ONLY SON)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I recommend this book because it's a heart-warming story because of what happened to the boy.

The Cookcamp by Gary Paulsen is a wonderful book I think everyone should read.The Cookcamp is about a boy who goes to stay whith his grandmother during the war.The actual reason the boy went to stay with his grandmother is because after his father went to war,the boy saw his mother and his uncle Casey[Casey isn't really his uncle.]making out on the couch.After he saw them his mother sent him away.At the cookcamp the boy's grandmother cooks for al of these men who are building a road.While at the cookcap,the boy helps the men.He sits in their laps,and once they teach him how to drive,he steers the vechicles for them.The boy is having fun,but then he starts to miss his mother.Will the boy stay with his grandmother,or go back to his mother?The Cookcamp by Gary Paulsen is a wonderful novel I think everyone should read.

I like this book becouse it is a good book for youth kids it is a adventure book the boy has to go to his grandma's house becouse his mom got a boy freind and her boy freind did not want him to stay and his mom had to work and she did not have anybody to take carve him so he had to go live with his grandma.

The main characters in this book are the Boy, and his Grandmother, and mother.The boy and his mother don't get along so his mom sends him at five years of age to live with his grandmother.They live in a trailer where there's a construction site.His grandmother makes food for the men .He gets on a train to head up to Minneapolis where he gets on a other train to go to Canada.When he gets there his grandmother waits.He works with grandmother to serve food. He rides in trucks with the men.for me this was one of the best books I've read. I hope you enjoy it.

Don't buy this book, or support this author. He is immoral and speaks of illegal acts.

I read Brian's Hunt and "Dogsong" after my son told me things that he read really bothered him. There was alot of gore that even I never saw in an R rated film. I will not ever read another one of his books. If you are a teacher read the one star reviews from kids. Even they know this author mental. I went before my schoolboard to have this book removed from the classroom.

I asked my son's 6th grade teacher for a copy of this book and a the next one the class was reading
"Dogsong". I ended up going before the schoolboard to have "Dogsong" removed from the class assginment.

Dogsong is about a 14yo boy who drops out of school and assists in a suicide. The book contains misleading timelines. It takes place in the 1980's. There is reference to
poligamy,
suicide,
assisted suicide,
9+ cats of animal abuse,
cannabolism,
self mutilation,
mercy killings(a mother sits with a strangulation string to kill her starving children),
a young teenage girl tries to kill herself becuase she is unwed and pregnant. She gives birth to a stillborn child "from the folds of her skin". She births with "her body writhing forwards and backwards" and delivers right in front of this 14yo boy. He takes the baby out into the snow and leaves it there for the animals to eat. He doesn't even try to wrap it or bury it. Both kids meet no consiquences for killing the baby, let alone all the other illegal acts.
There is also a reference about cannabolism;"Old mother can we eat you until the deer come bacK?.The dear came back that day and we did not have to eat our old dear mother."
The two kids head north as far as they can go. The book ends before they reach their destination. This isn't even a good versus evil book. I can't belive it was even allowed to be rated as young adult fiction.

No child should read this book! There isn't a director in Hollywood that would put these images into a film. My son and several other children in his 6th grade class are reading alternate reading material.

As parents we monitor what they see on tv, internet, and in video games. I never thought I would have to monitor what my child read in school. This book really bothers me weeks after I read it and went before the board. Reviews say it is enviromental and about survival. The boy has a father. He left his father to live with an older man. He drops out of school. He things there is a lack of game because of the snowmobiles. He wants to help bring the old ways back to the inuit people, but instead of trying to change his people he decides to run with a dog sled as far north as he can possibly travel.

I wonder how the Inuit People feel about this book.

I liked this book because it was fun and easy to read. It also was easy to visualize the parts of the book when and how they happen. It is packed full of detail. It is a little sad in the beginning, but gets a little bit better as you progress through the story.
The Foxman is about a 15-year-old boy who was taken away from his parents because one night they got so drunk that they tried to kill their own son with a butcher's knife. So the boy went to go live up north with his aunt, uncle, and cousins. They are farmers in the northern wilderness. At first he didn't like it there but once the winter stories came he'd grown to like it more than his old home. That's when he met the foxman, an old man who had fought in the wars. He was named the foxman for his skills of catching fox.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes surprise endings and needs to picture what is going on to actually understand the book.

I recommend this book to anyone who is 8 and up because it is not a hard book. The book is not long. The book is very interesting. It talks about the way you should look at other people. '''Yeah I see what you mean.' He was right; it did make them seem less pretty to think of them that way-not ugly just less pretty." The narrator is talking to Carl about the mistake he made when he saw the Foxman and why he should not do what he did. I learned that you should not look at someone as being ugly but just as being less pretty. "'And he died.' I sat for awhile and cried, holding his hand, and I wished I could have been and done more, the way you do, and then I moved away from him, because he was gone, and I put the guitar next to him and emptied the kerosene lamp around the floor of the cabin and dropped a match in the puddle.'' I learned that the narrator stayed by the Foxman's side he did not leave. He felt really close to him. If you are really close to someone you should stay by his or her side like the narrator did the Fox man when he died.

The Foxman is a wonderful book. It has adventure and a bit of love. It is a happy and sad story. The Foxman is a good book.
It is about a kid that his parents had a drinking problem. Then he needed to go to his uncle's farm, Harold. One day he and his cousin Carl got lost in the woods hunting a fox. The main character finds a shack. In the shack there was a man called the Foxman. The Foxman was old, from his nose to the mouth he had a lot of scars. The main character became friends with him and they had a good time.

Imagine that you are an only child and you live with to alcoholic parents. Then one day your mom tries to kill u with a knife you hide under the table the next-door neighbor hers you yelling they call nine one one. Then you have to go move in with your Aunt, uncle and cousins in Canada. All this happens in the book fox man by Gary Paulsen.
Gary Paulsen, the author and Carl his cousin went out hunting one day. It was twenty to fifty below zero they saw a fox and followed it till they noticed that a big gray cloud was coming overhead. They decided to wait out the storm because they were fifteen miles away from the farm. They were just about to make camp when they saw a little shack with smoke coming out of the chimney. They decided to ask for shelter for the night.
An older man opened the door he had a molted face they both looked away he went in a got a mask to put over his face. Then he said come in out of the storm. They both went in to the nice cozy shack. He said they could stay for the night. They took their boots and jackets of and then he asked them if they were hungry and they sad yes and he gave them some aged Moose and water. But they keep thinking of his face and didn't want to ask him what happened because they didn't want to be rude. He told them that he wouldn't be there in the morning so they could just leave. Morning came. Gary and Carl got their boots and jacket. There was a note on the table and it read had to go check the traps, fox man. A minute after they left they looked back and saw the fox man come out from behind the woodpile and went into the shack. They thought because he didn't want him to see his face
When they got back to the farm they got in trouble for being out but they were also happy to see them. About a two weeks later Gary decided to go back to the shack he was curios to see what happened to his face.
Read Fox man to find out.

We really enjoyed this book. It was very emotional in some parts and very funny. It gives people the chance to see what it was like to be a slave and to change dramatically in one day. We give this book 4 stars out of 5.

This book is a must read because it has a ll the good thing a book should have. it gives an good view on how it was to be a slave during the cilvil war and if you want to read a good book this is the one.

I really believe the book sarny was very well written and it really portrayed how slavery really was and how bad things were for the slaves. It really mad me open my eyes and see just how good I have it. I used to just think that the slaves would just have to work really hard and long days,and at the end of the day they would be able to rest and eat a good meal, but that is the complete oposite of how things really were. Life for the slaves was horrible and theres just no words to say that would describe how bad they had it and just how bad they were treated. I fill that everyone should read this book because it is definitly an eye opener.

Sarny is about a black women during Civil War and she was freed by some soldiers fighting for freedom.'' It was like BOOM! POW! BASH! CRASH! KAPOW! BLAMO!!!!! Oh Yeah. They won isn't that great? Her children were taken and she went to find them. She helped soldiers who were dying, and she finds her children. This is a historical fiction book and it is by Gary Paulsen.

Sarny takes place in the South. It occurs right after the Civil War. Sarny is a slave whom just been freed because the North won. She sets off in a desperate search for her sold children. There were two of them and they had just barely became toddlers when they were hurriedly sold to a slave trader. Their names were Delie and Tyler.
Finding herself free in a Northern filled South, Sarny is accompanied by another former slave as they trudge their tenseful journey. She meets many new friends and even finds true love in places she had never even imagined.
As many friends as she makes, there were still quite a few people who threatened her and became a nuisance. These people still thought blacks should be slaves. They treated Sarny in the worst ways without even touching her...
Although Paul revolves the book around Sarny and her experiences with life during and after the Civil War, he skillfully mixes in a bit of history. Paul shows the hardships of both races-black and white alike-during that fateful era. This heartrending story will keep you laughing to stitches one moment, and have tears streaming down your cheeks the next. This book would be recommended to all ages-from children to adults.
In my opinion, I enjoyed the book very much. I was fascinated how a remarkable story. While I was reading could see through Sarny's eyes and experience the miserable times to the cheerful times. Through Paulson's figurative writing, I could feet the pain of the whippings on my shoulders. I could smell the smoke of fire dying down to embers, and feel the misery and joy jumble as one like needles lightly pricking my heart.
I have been fortunate enough to read Nightjohn-the story of Sarny as a young child. Sarny: A Life Remembered. This enchanting sequel enraptured me with the feelings and thoughts of Sarny-I was blown away by Sarny's determinedness and her spunk. Paulson intigued me by threading the story seamlessly and making me cling to the pages, eager to read on.
However, in the story, Nightjohn, Sarny was a child who just wanted to learn. Now, she is a grown woman with responsibilities whose top priority is her children. In Nightjohn, Sarny didn't want to lose the language of writing; in Sarny: A Life Remembered, she did not want to lose her children. In Nightjohn, learning the alphabet was the most important thing that was happening to her and in the book, Sarny:, the only thing in the world that she cared about was her two little toddlers. In a short period of time, Sarny's life changed completely and unexpectedly.
Overall, Sarny: A Life Remembered was a superb book. I would definitely recommend to anyone who enjoys and interesting story that can make you laugh and cry at once. This is the best family book and should be told over and over again. I would absolutely rate Gary Paulsen's Sarny: A Life Remembered as a five star book!