GARY PAULSEN
1) Hatchet
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Headed for Canada to visit his father for the first time since his parents' divorce, thirteen-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of a plane crash, with only the clothes he has on and a hatchet to help him live in the wilderness. .
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"The Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet and Dogsong shares surprising true stories about his relationship with animals, highlighting their compassion, intellect, intuition, and sense of adventure. Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companion: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"'I'm the greatest family member you'll ever meet.' Kevin Spencer has a history of big ideas going completely awry. This time around, it's personal--suddenly he's kind of in charge of a double wedding in his backyard, and a whole tribe of wacky relatives is crowding him out of his own house"--
5) Dogsong
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In the Old Days There Were Songs Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound of his father's coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow machines starting up. Only Oogruk, the shaman who owns the last team of dogs in the village, understands Russel's longing for the old ways and the songs that celebrated them. But Oogruk cannot give Russel the answers he seeks; the old man can only prepare him for what he must do...
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kevin is very good at lying and doing so makes life easier, but when he finds himself in big trouble with his friends, family, and teachers, he must find a way to end his lies forever.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
118 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kevin is a hard worker, so when his income is cut off he begins a series of businesses, from poker games to selling snacks, earning money to take a girl to a dance, but his partners soon tire of his methods.
10) Fishbone's song
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
149 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the woods, in a rustic cabin, lives an old man and the boy he's raised as his own. This sage old man has taught the boy the power of nature and how to live in it, and more importantly, to respect it. In Fishbone's Song, this boy reminisces about the magic of the man who raised him and the tales that he used to tell--all true, but different each time"--
11) Alida's song
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
88 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fourteen-year-old boy who has been neglected by irresponsible parents spends a wonderful summer on a farm where his grandmother cooks for two elderly brothers.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Afraid to actually ask Tina Zabinski for a date, eighth-grader Kevin spends most of his time theorizing about love and romance and observing and analyzing male/female interaction.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kevin impetuously announces that he will run for student body president, mainly to impress his girlfriend Tina, but soon gets excited about making a positive difference in his school and community.
14) Lawn Boy returns
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
101 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having expanded his summer lawn mowing job into an ever-growing business conglomerate, a twelve-year-old boy gets involved in high finance thanks to his hippie stockbroker, takes on sponsorship of a boxer, and becomes a media sensation.
16) Brian's Winter
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
133 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
17) The River
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
132 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival.
18) Nightjohn
Author
Series
Sarny volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
92 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her how to read.
19) Flat broke
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 2 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. + 1 book
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kevin is a hard worker, so when his income is cut off he begins a series of businesses, from poker games to selling snacks, earning money to take a girl to a dance, but his partners soon tire of his methods.
20) Dogsong
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English