Nightjohn

Nightjohn
Title Nightjohn PDF eBook
Author Gary Paulsen
Publisher Laurel Leaf
Pages 114
Release 2011-08-31
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN 0307804224

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"To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That's why they don't want us reading." -- Nightjohn "I didn't know what letters was, not what they meant, but I thought it might be something I wanted to know. To learn."--Sarny Sarny, a female slave at the Waller plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there with a rope around his neck, his body covered in scars. He had escaped north to freedom, but he came back--came back to teach reading. Knowing that the penalty for reading is dismemberment Nightjohn still retumed to slavery to teach others how to read. And twelve-year-old Sarny is willing to take the risk to learn. Set in the 1850s, Gary Paulsen's groundbreaking new novel is unlike anything else the award-winning author has written. It is a meticulously researched, historically accurate, and artistically crafted portrayal of a grim time in our nation's past, brought to light through the personal history of two unforgettable characters.

Harris and Me

Harris and Me
Title Harris and Me PDF eBook
Author Gary Paulsen
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 172
Release 2007
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 9780152058807

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A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title.

Escape from Fire Mountain

Escape from Fire Mountain
Title Escape from Fire Mountain PDF eBook
Author Gary Paulsen
Publisher Yearling
Pages 80
Release 2008-12-24
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0307522962

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Thirteen-year-old Nikki Roberts tries to help two children trapped by a forest fire but finds her efforts blocked by poachers who want her to become one of the fire's victims.

Masters of Disaster

Masters of Disaster
Title Masters of Disaster PDF eBook
Author Gary Paulsen
Publisher Yearling
Pages 114
Release 2011-08-09
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0375866108

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Roped into wacky attempts to break world records, imitate scenes from books, and other inspired ideas, Riley and Reed follow their fearless leader Henry into the wilderness, the bull-riding ring, a haunted house, cataclysmic collision with explosive life forms, and off the roof of a house on a bike.

Sarny

Sarny
Title Sarny PDF eBook
Author Gary Paulsen
Publisher Laurel Leaf
Pages 192
Release 2011-08-31
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN 0307804232

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Many readers of Nightjohn have wanted to know what happened to Sarny, the young slave whom Nightjohn taught to read. Here is Sarny's story, from the moment she leaves the plantation in the last days of the Civil War, suddenly a free woman in search of her sold-away children. Her search takes her to New Orleans and the home of the mysterious and remarkable Miss Laura. Like Nightjohn, Miss Laura changes Sarny's life, and she helps Sarny pass Nightjohn's gift on to new generations. This riveting saga follows Sarny until her last days in the 1930s and gives readers a panoramic view of America in a time of trial, tragedy, and hoped-for change.

Woodsong

Woodsong
Title Woodsong PDF eBook
Author Gary Paulsen
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 152
Release 1990
Genre Dogsledding
ISBN 0027702219

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For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.

Brian's Winter

Brian's Winter
Title Brian's Winter PDF eBook
Author Gary Paulsen
Publisher Ember
Pages 178
Release 2012-03-13
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN 0307929582

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From three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen comes a beloved follow-up to his award-winning classic Hatchet that asks: What if Brian hadn't been rescued and had to face his deadliest enemy yet--winter? In the Newbery Honor-winning Hatchet, thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. As millions of readers know, he was rescued at the end of the summer. But what if that hadn't happened? What if Brian had been left to face his deadliest enemy--winter? Brian Paulsen raises the stakes for survival in this riveting and inspiring story as one boy confronts the ultimate adventure. “Paulsen picks Hatchet’s story up in midstream; read together, the two books make his finest tale of survival yet.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred “Breathtaking descriptions of nature . . . Paulsen fans will not be disappointed.” —School Library Journal Read all the Hatchet Adventures! Brian's Winter The River Brian's Return Brian's Hunt