0
    • Elementary Secondary Higher Ed Common Reads
    0 0
    Gary Paulsen, author portrait
    © Tim Keating

    Gary Paulsen

    Gary Paulsen is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor books: The Winter Room, Hatchet, and Dogsong. He won the Margaret A. Edwards Award given by the American Library Association for his lifetime achievement in young adult literature. Among his Random House books are Road Trip (written with his son, Jim Paulsen); Family Ties; Vote; Crush; Flat Broke; Liar, Liar; Paintings from the Cave; Woods Runner; Masters of Disaster; Lawn Boy; Notes from the Dog; The Amazing Life of Birds; Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day; How Angel Peterson Got His Name; Guts; and five books about Francis Tucket's adventures in the Old West. Gary Paulsen has also published fiction and nonfiction for adults. He divides his time between his home in Alaska, his ranch in New Mexico, and his sailboat on the Pacific Ocean.
    Field Trip
    Field Trip
    Gary Paulsen , Jim Paulsen
    9780553496772
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Jul 26, 2016
    Yearling
    Grades 6-12
    Family Ties
    Family Ties
    Gary Paulsen
    9780385373838
    $6.99 US
    Paperback
    Aug 04, 2015
    Yearling
    Grades 6-8
    Vote
    Vote
    Gary Paulsen
    9780385742290
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Jan 07, 2014
    Yearling
    Grades 6-8
    Road Trip
    Road Trip
    Gary Paulsen , Jim Paulsen
    9780307930866
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Jan 07, 2014
    Yearling
    Grade 5 & Up
    Crush
    Crush
    The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Love
    Gary Paulsen
    9780385742313
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 2013
    Yearling
    Grades 6-8
    Paintings from the Cave
    Paintings from the Cave
    Three Novellas
    Gary Paulsen
    9780553494662
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 11, 2012
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Liar, Liar
    Liar, Liar
    The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Deception
    Gary Paulsen
    9780375866111
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Apr 24, 2012
    Yearling
    Grades 6-8
    Brian's Return
    Brian's Return
    Gary Paulsen
    9780307929600
    $10.99 US
    Paperback
    Mar 13, 2012
    Ember
    Grade 5 & Up
    The River
    The River
    Gary Paulsen
    9780307929617
    $10.99 US
    Paperback
    Mar 13, 2012
    Ember
    Grade 5 & Up
    Brian's Hunt
    Brian's Hunt
    Gary Paulsen
    9780307929594
    $10.99 US
    Paperback
    Mar 13, 2012
    Ember
    Grade 5 & Up
    Brian's Winter
    Brian's Winter
    Gary Paulsen
    9780307929587
    $10.99 US
    Paperback
    Mar 13, 2012
    Ember
    Grade 5 & Up
    Canyons
    Canyons
    Gary Paulsen
    9780385742344
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Aug 09, 2011
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Night the White Deer Died
    The Night the White Deer Died
    Gary Paulsen
    9780385742351
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 09, 2011
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Lawn Boy Returns
    Lawn Boy Returns
    Gary Paulsen
    9780553494303
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Apr 05, 2011
    Yearling
    Grades 6-8
    The Transall Saga
    The Transall Saga
    Gary Paulsen
    9780375873232
    $10.99 US
    Paperback
    Mar 08, 2011
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Beet Fields
    The Beet Fields
    Gary Paulsen
    9780375873058
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 08, 2011
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 9 & Up
    Notes from the Dog
    Notes from the Dog
    Gary Paulsen
    9780375855429
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 25, 2011
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Woods Runner
    Woods Runner
    Gary Paulsen
    9780375859083
    $10.99 US
    Paperback
    Jan 11, 2011
    Wendy Lamb Books
    Grade 7 & Up
    Lawn Boy
    Lawn Boy
    Gary Paulsen
    9780553494655
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Mar 24, 2009
    Yearling
    Grades 6-8
    The Amazing Life of Birds
    The Amazing Life of Birds
    The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech
    Gary Paulsen
    9780307512512
    Ebook
    Dec 24, 2008
    Wendy Lamb Books
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Legend of Bass Reeves
    The Legend of Bass Reeves
    Gary Paulsen
    9780553494297
    $7.99 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Jan 08, 2008
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    How Angel Peterson Got His Name
    How Angel Peterson Got His Name
    Gary Paulsen
    9780440229353
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Aug 10, 2004
    Yearling
    Grades 6-8
    Caught by the Sea
    Caught by the Sea
    Gary Paulsen
    9780440407164
    $5.99 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Sep 09, 2003
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Guts
    Guts
    Gary Paulsen
    9780440407126
    $7.99 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Nov 12, 2002
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Captive!
    Captive!
    Gary Paulsen
    9780375895104
    $10.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 06, 2001
    Yearling
    Grades 3-7
    Soldier's Heart
    Soldier's Heart
    Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers
    Gary Paulsen
    9780440228387
    $7.99 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Sep 12, 2000
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Sarny
    Sarny
    Gary Paulsen
    9780440219736
    $7.99 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Aug 10, 1999
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Father Water, Mother Woods
    Father Water, Mother Woods
    Essays on Fishing and Hunting in the North Woods
    Gary Paulsen , Ruth Wright Paulsen
    9780440219842
    $6.99 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Mar 01, 1996
    Laurel Leaf
    Grades 6-12
    Nightjohn
    Nightjohn
    Gary Paulsen
    9780440219361
    $7.99 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Jan 01, 1995
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Monument
    The Monument
    Gary Paulsen
    9780440407829
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Jul 01, 1993
    Yearling
    Grade 7 & Up

    Books

    Field Trip
    Field Trip
    Gary Paulsen, Jim Paulsen
    9780553496772
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Jul 26, 2016
    Yearling
    Grades 6-12
    Family Ties
    Family Ties
    Gary Paulsen
    9780385373838
    $6.99 US
    Paperback
    Aug 04, 2015
    Yearling
    Grades 6-8
    Vote
    Vote
    Gary Paulsen
    9780385742290
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Jan 07, 2014
    Yearling
    Grades 6-8
    Road Trip
    Road Trip
    Gary Paulsen, Jim Paulsen
    9780307930866
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Jan 07, 2014
    Yearling
    Grade 5 & Up
    Crush
    Crush
    The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Love
    Gary Paulsen
    9780385742313
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 2013
    Yearling
    Grades 6-8
    Paintings from the Cave
    Paintings from the Cave
    Three Novellas
    Gary Paulsen
    9780553494662
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 11, 2012
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Liar, Liar
    Liar, Liar
    The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Deception
    Gary Paulsen
    9780375866111
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Apr 24, 2012
    Yearling
    Grades 6-8
    Brian's Return
    Brian's Return
    Gary Paulsen
    9780307929600
    $10.99 US
    Paperback
    Mar 13, 2012
    Ember
    Grade 5 & Up
    The River
    The River
    Gary Paulsen
    9780307929617
    $10.99 US
    Paperback
    Mar 13, 2012
    Ember
    Grade 5 & Up
    Brian's Hunt
    Brian's Hunt
    Gary Paulsen
    9780307929594
    $10.99 US
    Paperback
    Mar 13, 2012
    Ember
    Grade 5 & Up
    Brian's Winter
    Brian's Winter
    Gary Paulsen
    9780307929587
    $10.99 US
    Paperback
    Mar 13, 2012
    Ember
    Grade 5 & Up
    Canyons
    Canyons
    Gary Paulsen
    9780385742344
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Aug 09, 2011
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Night the White Deer Died
    The Night the White Deer Died
    Gary Paulsen
    9780385742351
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 09, 2011
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Lawn Boy Returns
    Lawn Boy Returns
    Gary Paulsen
    9780553494303
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Apr 05, 2011
    Yearling
    Grades 6-8
    The Transall Saga
    The Transall Saga
    Gary Paulsen
    9780375873232
    $10.99 US
    Paperback
    Mar 08, 2011
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Beet Fields
    The Beet Fields
    Gary Paulsen
    9780375873058
    $12.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 08, 2011
    Delacorte Press
    Grade 9 & Up
    Notes from the Dog
    Notes from the Dog
    Gary Paulsen
    9780375855429
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 25, 2011
    Ember
    Grade 7 & Up
    Woods Runner
    Woods Runner
    Gary Paulsen
    9780375859083
    $10.99 US
    Paperback
    Jan 11, 2011
    Wendy Lamb Books
    Grade 7 & Up
    Lawn Boy
    Lawn Boy
    Gary Paulsen
    9780553494655
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Mar 24, 2009
    Yearling
    Grades 6-8
    The Amazing Life of Birds
    The Amazing Life of Birds
    The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech
    Gary Paulsen
    9780307512512
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Dec 24, 2008
    Wendy Lamb Books
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Legend of Bass Reeves
    The Legend of Bass Reeves
    Gary Paulsen
    9780553494297
    $7.99 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Jan 08, 2008
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    How Angel Peterson Got His Name
    How Angel Peterson Got His Name
    Gary Paulsen
    9780440229353
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Aug 10, 2004
    Yearling
    Grades 6-8
    Caught by the Sea
    Caught by the Sea
    Gary Paulsen
    9780440407164
    $5.99 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Sep 09, 2003
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Guts
    Guts
    Gary Paulsen
    9780440407126
    $7.99 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Nov 12, 2002
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Captive!
    Captive!
    Gary Paulsen
    9780375895104
    $10.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 06, 2001
    Yearling
    Grades 3-7
    Soldier's Heart
    Soldier's Heart
    Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers
    Gary Paulsen
    9780440228387
    $7.99 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Sep 12, 2000
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Sarny
    Sarny
    Gary Paulsen
    9780440219736
    $7.99 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Aug 10, 1999
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    Father Water, Mother Woods
    Father Water, Mother Woods
    Essays on Fishing and Hunting in the North Woods
    Gary Paulsen, Ruth Wright Paulsen
    9780440219842
    $6.99 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Mar 01, 1996
    Laurel Leaf
    Grades 6-12
    Nightjohn
    Nightjohn
    Gary Paulsen
    9780440219361
    $7.99 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Jan 01, 1995
    Laurel Leaf
    Grade 7 & Up
    The Monument
    The Monument
    Gary Paulsen
    9780440407829
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Jul 01, 1993
    Yearling
    Grade 7 & Up

    Related Articles

    Mental Health Awareness Month Resources
    General

    Mental Health Awareness Month Resources

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month and educators are increasingly aware that integrating social-emotional learning into the curriculum is critical if we want students to succeed both in and out of the classroom. Download the thematic educator guides on Teaching About Anxiety and Mindfulness and Teaching About Student Wellness. Explore our specially curated collections on

    Read more

    Mental Health Awareness Month Resources

    General
    Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
    History Asian American Sociology Literature

    Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

    Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. AANHPI Creators – Middle School titles AANHPI Creators – High School titles .

    Read more

    Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

    History Asian American Sociology Literature

    Penguin Random House Secondary Education

    © 2026 Penguin Random House

    Back to Top
    0
    Wish List (0)