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Gary Paulsen

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.

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39

Books

3.5-6.3

AR Level

147

Total Points

3rd grade - 6th grade

Grade Range

Books (39)

Sunflower Cycle

(1)

Smile

(1)

Foreigner series

(1)

Standalone Books

Alida's song book cover

Alida's song

5th grade
AR 5 2 pts 13,200 words
Brian's Return book cover

Brian's Return

5th grade
AR 5.5 3 pts 24,500 words
Brian's Winter book cover

Brian's Winter

5th grade
AR 5.9 5 pts 36,246 words
Brian's Winter book cover

Brian's Winter

5th grade
AR 5.9 5 pts 32,000 words
Canoe days book cover

Canoe days

3rd grade
AR 3.5 0.5 pts 650 words
Canyons book cover

Canyons

5th grade
AR 5.5 5 pts 41,000 words
Dancing Carl book cover

Dancing Carl

4th grade
AR 4.7 3 pts 19,000 words
Danger on Midnight River book cover

Danger on Midnight River

4th grade
AR 4.6 2 pts 13,000 words
Dogsong book cover

Dogsong

5th grade
AR 5.2 6 pts 43,000 words
Dunc's Doll book cover

Dunc's Doll

4th grade
AR 4.7 2 pts 14,000 words
Full of hot air book cover

Full of hot air

6th grade
AR 6.1 5 pts 36,000 words
Gone to the Woods book cover

Gone to the Woods

5th grade
AR 5.9 10 pts 66,000 words
Grizzly book cover

Grizzly

5th grade
AR 5.2 0.5 pts 4,000 words
Hatchet book cover

Hatchet

5th grade
AR 5.7 3 pts 25,000 words
Hatchet book cover

Hatchet

5th grade
AR 5 3 pts 20,140 words
Hatchet book cover

Hatchet

5th grade
AR 5.7 7 pts 44,806 words
Hook 'em, Snotty! book cover

Hook 'em, Snotty!

4th grade
AR 4.2 1 pts 12,000 words
How Angel Peterson Got His Name book cover

How Angel Peterson Got His Name

6th grade
AR 6.3 3 pts 17,000 words
How Angel Peterson Got His Name book cover

How Angel Peterson Got His Name

5th grade
AR 5.4 3 pts 18,409 words
How to Train Your Dad book cover

How to Train Your Dad

4th grade
AR 4.2 4 pts 28,000 words
Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day book cover

Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day

5th grade
AR 5.1 2 pts 17,000 words
Mr. Tucket book cover

Mr. Tucket

5th grade
AR 5 5 pts 38,000 words
My Life in Dog Years book cover

My Life in Dog Years

5th grade
AR 5.6 5 pts 31,000 words
Notes from the dog book cover

Notes from the dog

5th grade
AR 5.2 3 pts 23,000 words
Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers book cover

Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers

6th grade
AR 6.1 3 pts 17,000 words
Rodomonte's Revenge book cover

Rodomonte's Revenge

4th grade
AR 4.7 2 pts 16,000 words
The Cookcamp book cover

The Cookcamp

5th grade
AR 5 3 pts 5,969 words
The Cookcamp book cover

The Cookcamp

4th grade
AR 4.6 3 pts 21,000 words
The Creature of Black Water Lake book cover

The Creature of Black Water Lake

4th grade
AR 4.1 2 pts 17,000 words
The Fourteenth Summer book cover

The Fourteenth Summer

5th grade
AR 5.3 7 pts 56,000 words
The Rifle book cover

The Rifle

5th grade
AR 5 3 pts 28,000 words
The River book cover

The River

5th grade
AR 5.5 4 pts 27,000 words
This Side of Wild book cover

This Side of Wild

6th grade
AR 6.3 4 pts 28,000 words
Tucket's Gold book cover

Tucket's Gold

5th grade
AR 5.5 3 pts 20,000 words
Winterdance book cover

Winterdance

6th grade
AR 6 10 pts 95,000 words
Woodsong book cover

Woodsong

6th grade
AR 6.3 5 pts 35,000 words