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Gary Paulsen

Born

in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The United States

May 17, 1939

Died

October 13, 2021

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Outdoors & Nature

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Gary James Paulsen was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens. ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 682,887 ratings · 45,931 reviews · 413 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 444,056 ratings — published 1987 — 190 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brian's Winter (Brian's Saga, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 34,578 ratings — published 1996 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The River (Brian's Saga, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 32,060 ratings — published 1991 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brian's Return (Brian's Saga, #4) 3.98 avg rating — 18,953 ratings — published 1999 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brian's Hunt (Brian's Saga, #5) 4.04 avg rating — 14,056 ratings — published 2003 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod 4.29 avg rating — 8,549 ratings — published 1994 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woods Runner 3.85 avg rating — 9,317 ratings — published 2009 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lawn Boy 3.73 avg rating — 8,661 ratings — published 2007 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harris and Me 4.23 avg rating — 6,171 ratings — published 1993 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Transall Saga 4.22 avg rating — 5,920 ratings — published 1998 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Brian's Saga (5 books)
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Gary Paulsen

3.82 avg rating — 548,234 ratings

Tales to Tickle the Funnybone (8 books)
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Gary Paulsen

3.90 avg rating — 17,694 ratings

The Tucket Adventures (5 books)
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Gary Paulsen

4.14 avg rating — 7,722 ratings

Sarny (2 books)
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Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)

3.88 avg rating — 6,688 ratings

Liar, Liar (5 books)
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Gary Paulsen

3.69 avg rating — 3,877 ratings

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“If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and smell and light and all the rest that can’t be in books.
The book needs you.”
― Gary Paulsen, The Winter Room

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“I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.”
― Gary Paulsen, Shelf Life: Stories by the Book

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“I read like a wolf eats.
I read myself to sleep every night.”
― Gary Paulsen

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Northwind by Gary Paulsen

47 votes 35.3%

Omar Rising by Aisha Saeed

21 votes 15.8%

Wishing Upon the Same Stars by Jacquetta Nammar Feldman

18 votes 13.5%

Wayward Creatures by Dayna Lorentz

15 votes 11.3%

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill (write-in)

11 votes 8.3%

Northwind (write-in)

7 votes 5.3%

Maizy Chen's Last Chance (write-in)

6 votes 4.5%

Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson (write-in)

4 votes 3.0%

Ogress and the Orphans (write-in)

4 votes 3.0%

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