Gary Paulsen is the amazing author of our January book selection, Mudshark. He has written many books for children and young adults including Brian's Saga and the Culpepper Adventures series. Here are just a few of the other wonderful books he has written that I highly encourage you to read:
Dogsong (1985)
A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels assailed by the modernity of his life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice,tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.
Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day (2004)
When supremely organized seventh-grader, Molly McGinty, loses the notebook she relies on to keep her life in order she spends the day in chaos.
The Time Hackers (2005)
When someone uses futuristic technology to play pranks on twelve-year-old Dorso Clayman, he and his best friend set off on a supposedly impossible journey through space and time trying to stop the gamesters who are endangering the universe.
The Amazing Life of Birds: (The Twenty Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech) (2006)
As twelve-year-old Duane endures the confusing and humiliating aspects of puberty, he watches a newborn bird in a nest on his windowsill begin to grow and become more independent, all of which he records in his journal.
Lawnboy (2007)
Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn mowing business.
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