Books by Gary Paulsen

The internationally best-selling story of survival against the odds, now with a striking new cover look to celebrate its 30th anniversary

An incredible, breathtaking true adventure of Alaskan dog-racing and of the mesmerising Arctic landscape

An edge-of-your seat adventure by Gary Paulsen, the master of high-stakes survival stories and the author of &i>Hatchet&/i>.

A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving readers a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen's famed survival stories.

America, 1955. For a 16-year-old boy out in the world alone for the first time, every day's an education in the hard work and boredom of migrant labor; every day teaches him something more about friendship, or hunger, or profanity, or lust--always lust. He learns how a poker game, or hitching a ride, can turn deadly. He discovers the secret sadness and generosity to be found on a lonely farm in the middle of nowhere. Then he joins up with a carnival and becomes a grunt, running a ride and shilling for the geek show. He's living the hard carny life and beginning to see the world through carny eyes. He's tough. Cynical. By the end of the summer he's pretty sure he knows it all. Until he meets Ruby.