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Gary Paulsen

Gary Paulsen

American writer (1939–2021)

Gary James Paulsen was a Canadian writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness.

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Hatchet

By Gary Paulsen

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.