Gary Paulsen

Fueled by a passion for running dogs, Gary Paulsen entered the Iditarod - the 1,180-mile sled-dog race through the Alaskan wilderness - in dangerous ignorance and with a fierce determination....

This story of two Norwegian-American farm boys who discover the remarkable magic of storytelling is vintage Gary Paulsen....

Fifteen-year-old Francis Tucket has been searching for his parents ever since Pawnees kidnapped him from their wagon train on the Oregon Trail....

In 1848, Francis Tucket was stolen from his family while they were travelling west along the Oregon Trail. After his escape, he spent a year learning the ways of the land from a one-armed mountain man....

Thirteen-year-old Mark Harrison has a week to hike across the desert....

Every winter, John Borne looked forward to the days when he and his grandfather headed into the snowy Minnesota woods to hunt together....

Life on the Waller plantation is harsh and bleak. Twelve-year-old Sarny knows that it won’t be long before she will be forced to leave Mammy....

It is 1848, and Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family....

An orphan in a Mexican border town meets an American army sergeant - and hopes the sergeant will help him cross the border to a better life in the United States....

“I’m 11-years-old, from the city, and my parents are mean alcoholics. One day the deputy takes me away to live with some distant relatives on their sprawling farm in the country"....