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Paulsen, Gary

Caught By The Sea

Paulsen, Gary
A small book recounting the author's adventures in his first boat. Very good, and very funny the first time he sets sail.

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12/2002

Clabbered Dirt, Sweet Grass

Paulsen, Gary
Four seasons of vintage farm life in a "lyrical" style. Reminded me rather of a Lake Wobegon tale, without the humor.

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5/2011

Flat Broke: The Theory, Practice, And Destructive Properties Of Greed

Paulsen, Gary
A funny little book about a boy named Kevin who is trying to make a buck.

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7/2023

Guts

Paulsen, Gary
By page six I was hooked. Fascinating stories of the events in the author's life that he used for background in Hatchet and the Brian books.

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9/2015

Lawn Boy

Paulsen, Gary
A twelve-year-old boy get an old riding lawn mower from his grandmother and embarks on a financial odyssey. Hysterically funny!

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2/2008

Lawn Boy Returns

Paulsen, Gary
Very short, not quite as fascinating as the first book. Did I say short?

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11/2010

Mr. Tucket

Paulsen, Gary
Teen boy on the Oregon Trail is kidnapped by Indians.

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8/1998

Mudshark

Paulsen, Gary
The Mudshark is the coolest guy on campus, and hangs out in the library answering people's questions and solving problems, like figuring out where Willamena left her brain. And where all the erasers disappeared to.

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She was brilliant and joyous and she believed--probably correctly--that libraries contain the answers to all things, to everything, and that if you can't find the information you seek in the library, then such information probably does not exist in this or any parallel univese now or ever to be known. (pg. 18)

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12/2009

Notes From The Dog

Paulsen, Gary
Bald woman moves in next door to a reticent teen, gets him gardening and socializing, and even taking her place in a breast cancer triathlon when she is too sick to participate. And we can see where that is going, can't we? Weeps at the end. Good story!

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5/2011

Road Trip

Paulsen, Gary
Ben's dad wakes him up early for a surprise drive to rescue an Australian Sheepdog. They have some adventures along the way. Very enjoyable read.

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11/2013

Some Birds Don't Fly

Paulsen, Gary
Humerous tales about the author's experiences as a missle technician in the Sixties. Paulsen's first book. for the third time!

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8/2001

The Island

Paulsen, Gary
A boy moves to a country town and finds an island. Very zen.

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11/2000

The Quilt

Paulsen, Gary
During WWII a boy goes to stay with his grandmother in Minnesota. A wonderful little book.

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3/2008

The Rifle

Paulsen, Gary
History of a rifle, from Revolutionary times to the present. A detailed recounting of its building (very interesting). I got the impression the author doesn't care for NRA rhetoric.

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12/2012

The Scheronoff Discoveries

Paulsen, Gary
A short but charming story of the narrator and his friend, science-whiz Harold, and their romantic, economic, and social escapades.

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3/2008
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