Gary Paulsen
1) Northwind
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When sickness decimates his fishing village, an orphan named Leif flees north in a cedar canoe, journeying along a brutal but beautiful coastline.
2) Hatchet
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given to him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
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.
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.
5) Mr. Tucket
Author
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Tucket series, bk. 1. In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
103 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past.
7) Brian's hunt
Author
Series
Brian's saga volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Two years after surviving a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, Brian Robeson returns to the wild, where he befriends a wounded dog and is forced to hunt a rogue bear.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1994 4]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
256p col illus map
Language
English
Description
This account of one man's obsession with racing dogs and running the Idatarod, the famous dog-sled race across Alaska, recalls his journey through the barren, moon-like, arctic terrain
11) Tucket's ride
Author
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
[c1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
86p map
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Francis and two younger children lose their way in the wilderness of the Southwest, they face capture at the hands of dangerous men
12) Soldier's Heart
Author
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
Sequel to Mr. Tucket
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Having separated from the one-armed trapper who taught him how to survive in the wilderness of the old west, fifteen-year-old Francis gets lost and continues to have adventures involving dangerous men.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
131 p. ; 19 cm.
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.
16) Tracker
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1990, c1984
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
90 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Only thirteen, John must track a deer in the Minnesota woods for his family's winter meat, and in doing so finds himself drawn to the doe who leads him and hating his role as hunter.
17) Tucket's Gold
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
97p
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Francis and the two children he has adopted travel across the Old West, evade Comancheros, discover a treasure, and wind up rich beyond their wildest dreams.
18) Murphy's ambush
Author
Series
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
[c1995]
Physical Desc
112p
Language
English
Description
When a rancher rides into town half dead, Sheriff Al Murphy finds the man's wife and daughters murdered on his ranch and sets out after the murderers--but soon discovers that he has now become the prey
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
p2014
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
3 compact discs (2 hr. 58 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kevin Spencer is the glue that holds his family together. When his wacky relatives decide to have a double wedding in the backyard, Kevin takes charge. Planning two weddings is a great way to impress his girlfriend, Tina Zabinski, the Most Beautiful and Best-Smelling Girl in the World. But as more and more relatives come to stay, things spiral out of control. Tying the knot has Kevin tied up in knots.
20) 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. .