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The Winter Room

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This Newbery Honor Book by master storyteller Gary Paulsen is now available in this After Words paperback edition!Following the turn of the seasons, eleven year old Eldon traces the daily routines of his life on a farm and his relationship with his older brother Wayne. During the winter, with little work to be done on the farm, Eldon and Wayne spend the quiet hours with their family, listening to their Uncle David's stories. But Eldon soon learns that, although he has lived on the same farm, in the same house with his uncle for eleven springs, summers, and winters, he hardly knows him.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 2, 1998
      Narrated by the son of a Minnesota farm family sometime in the first half of the century, this "remarkably good" story "will inevitably recall Laura Ingalls Wilder--but by way of Hemingway and Jim Harrison," said PW. Ages 10-up.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 1, 1989
      Following the events of one year, from plowing to harvest to butchering, this novel offers a compelling description of farming in a bygone time. The narrator, Elgon, is the younger son of a Scandinavian family in northern Minnesota. He begins in spring, a time of softening rather than awakening, and finishes with stories old Nels and Uncle David tell around the stove in winter (the story is set some time in the first half of this century). While work fills their time, the year is not without its lighter moments, like the time Elgon's brother Wayne, inspired by Zane Grey, decides to leap from the hayloft onto the back of one of the plowhorses. Elgon's steady, believable voice tells a story that will inevitably recall Laura Ingalls Wilder--but by way of Hemingway and Jim Harrison. Newbery Award-winner Paulsen never disappoints, and proves his talent again in this remarkably good tale. Ages 11-14.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 1, 1991
      ``Newbery Award-winner Paulsen never disappoints, and proves his talent again in this remarkably good tale,'' said PW , concerning this vivid yarn of a family dramatically affected by a quirky uncle's storytelling. Ages 9-12.

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  • ATOS Level:5
  • Lexile® Measure:1110
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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